SoftBank Pepper Manual page 40

03 | Pepper communicates mainly by voice
Pepper must pronounce every word
in each sentence correctly
WHY?
HOW?
EXAMPLE
www.SoftBankRobotics.com
Any mispronunciation in a sentence deteriorates the
quality of the verbal interaction and makes it harder to
understand Pepper.
Check how TTS reads each word. If a word is not pronounced
properly:
• Rewrite it another way. An abnormal spelling of the word
may be necessary.
• Use skins. A skin allows you to keep changes over time.
• Replace the word with a synonym.
In English TTS, "NAO" is mispronounced. A skin is necessary
to ensure that every time Pepper says NAO, it is properly
pronounced: "now": s:({*} Nao {*}) ^replace(Nao, now, 1)
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