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How can I change how OS X's 'say' command pronounces a word?

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OS X's command is useful for some tasks (such as Skype's 'notify me when a contact comes online), but it is pronouncing some names incorrectly. Is there a way to teach to pronounce a word differently? For example, try: The 'ol' sounds like 'ball' rather than 'old'. I'd like to add an exception that…

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say "Hi, Joel Spolsky"

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Well you can also input the exactly phonemes you want to be said. The syntaxe is not so complicated. Ex: [[inpt PHON]] hAAIH. Check this link to learn more: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/SpeechSynthe…

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