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How to change the tones pronounced

funchinese   July 19th, 2011 7:59a.m.

A quick question. How can I change skritters way of pronouncing a word i.e. the tone.

For example 压 can either be pronounced either yā or yà. I would like the computer to pronounce it as yà.

Byzanti   July 19th, 2011 11:29a.m.

You can't. Besides, that's a strange pronunciation to want anyway. 99.99% of 压s will be ya1, not ya4.

funchinese   July 19th, 2011 12:45p.m.

Thank you Byzanti. Is the preset always the most common one, like you say with ya1?

joshwhitson13   July 19th, 2011 1:40p.m.

Typically the default pronunciation is the most common. I once asked if it would be possible for each individual user to specify how a character should be pronounced but I think it's just too much work for something that doesn't bother most Skritterers.

Foo Choo Choon   July 19th, 2011 2:23p.m.

aside: An option to drop most neutral tones Taiwan-style would be nice as well.

jww1066   July 19th, 2011 4:42p.m.

Apropos of tones, this is pretty entertaining (if NSFW)

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/574510

nickybr38   July 21st, 2011 10:39a.m.

I sent that to my very Chinese boss. Haha. NSFW? Um... we'll see!!!!

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