Ну проги, как правило - это переводчики с говорящими функциями.
Майкрософт правда поддерживает тока своих Сэма, Mike, Mary, Microsoft Anna, Lili (China), но есть ещё "третьи" производители
http://www.microsoft.com/speech/evaluation/thirdparty/engines.mspx чьи голоса а разных языках растянуты говорящими прогами.
А Сэм делает много [more=ошибок:]*Soy or Soi, Microsoft Sam will attempt to say Soy but instead make a sound like a helicopter blade. This led to a popular Internet meme. However, if "swah" is typed in, it sounds like the word soy but only either on its own or with a comma or full stop directly after it.
*Enjoy. However, there is only one condition in which he doesn't say it right. If a word begins with "th", then Microsoft Sam says it as "EnjWAH" (e.g. I enjoy the meal).
*Windows, when Microsoft Sam says tries to say Windows he will say "Winbos".
*Bling, Microsoft Sam will instead say "B-L-ing"
*Pointer, Microsoft Sam will pronounce it "Pwanter". Meaning he uses the French pronunciation of "oi".
*Pling, Microsoft Sam will pronounce it "Placing". He will pronounce placing the exact same way.
*Honest, Microsoft Sam pronounces it as "Inist", but if there is a word before "Honest" he will say it correctly (e.g. I am Honest).
*Honor, Microsoft Sam pronounces "Inir", but again if there is a word before "Honor" he will say it correctly.
*Crotch, Microsoft Sam pronounces it as "Crow's Nest". However, he can pronounce harsh profanity perfectly well. Said correctly if misspelt as "Krotch".
*Wasteman, Microsoft Sam can't say it as one word. Instead he says "Waste-e-man", and if one doesn't want him to pronounce the "e" in Wasteman, he will say "Wastman".
*Pow, Microsoft Sam just says the letters.
*Gegege, Microsoft Sam says "Gage".
*Toyota, Microsoft Sam says "Toytoda", Ferrari Microsoft Sam says "Feluhry"
*Pendulum, Microsoft Sam says "gendulum"
*Lion, Microsoft Sam says "leon"
*Talk dirty, Microsoft Sam sounds like he hits the microphone
*Mobile, Microsoft Sam pronounces it as "Moe bee ul".
*Niece, Microsoft Sam pronounces it as "Nee chay". [/more]
