Pronounciation issues for some words for french (CA) and english (CA)

Henriette DePoulpiquet 1 Reputation point
2020-11-26T16:24:44.267+00:00

Hello,

Some frequently used words from French and English are mispronounced by azure for Canadian region.
Here is a list, we are still able to make it work by using lexicons, but it would be better for all users if those were fixed.

French (Sylvie Neural):
"dos" is pronounced " dosse" instead of "do"
"Un tas de" is pronounced "un tasse de" instead of "un ta de"
"gît" is pronounced "gitte" instead of "gi"
"tous" is pronounced "tou" instead of "tousse"

English (Clara Neural):
"forehead" is pronounced "Ford"

Thank you so much for your help!

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  1. Henriette DePoulpiquet 1 Reputation point
    2020-11-30T22:15:02.493+00:00

    Hello @romungi-MSFT ,

    sorry for the delay,
    Here is our list of issues with Canadian neural voices :

    French:
    "Je suis allée voir Sam." (end of a sentence) "Sam" is pronouced "samedi” instead of "ex"
    "Il appelle son ex." (end of a sentence) "ex" is pronouned "exemple" or "extérieur" instead of "ex"
    "Il rate son vol." (end of a sentence)vol is pronounced "volume" instead of "vol"
    "Il lui tourne le dos." "dos" is pronounced "dosse" instead of "do"
    "Un tas de vêtements jonche le sol." "tas" is pronounced "tasse" instead of "ta"
    "Des fils électriques" "fils" is pronounced "fisses" instead of "fil"
    "Il doit s'en aller."should be pronounced "s'en naller" (but it's a tricky french pronunciation rule)
    "Il gît là.", "git" is pronounced "jitte" instead of "ji"
    "Ils sont tous partis." is pronounced "tou" instead of "tousse"
    "J'ai raté mon bus.", "bus" is pronounced "bu" instead of "busse"
    "Brad est parti.", "Brad" is pronounced "Bratt" instead of "Brade"
    "Les pics à glace. " "pics" is pronounced "pix" instead of "pik"
    "Les avions volent à ras du sol." "ras" is pronounced "R.A.S" instead of "ra"
    "Un an plus tard… " "an" is pronounced "A.N." instead of "en".
    "Tu l'as pris?" "as" is pronounced "A.S." instead of "a"

    English
    "forehead" is pronounced "Ford" , example "You have a large forehead!"

    Thank you !