There are several glitches with Microsoft Sam, Mike, Mary, Anna, David, Hazel, Zira, Mark and Eva, some of which that cause them to pronounce words incorrectly. Following is a list of glitches that have been found. Note: Many of the mispronunciations are not in the SAPI4 (used for Speakonia) version originally in Windows 2000, although there are some SAPI4 - only bugs. Most famously, regardless of version, Sam cannot pronounce the word "soy" (also the spelling "soi"), but instead will make a sou

In the beginning there was just one application and it was called RealWorld Designer. It was a jack-of-all-trades kind of application and a bit hard to use. It has evolved, and currently there are 4 specialized applications based on RealWorld Designer available. They share a common core and add functionality specific to their areas.