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

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s of July 2019, this is no longer the nearly complete collection – it is now complete, at least as far as regular issues are concerned. It took several years of checking eBay and waiting for a few remaining issues to become available, but my patience (and yours) has now been rewarded. I may still be missing some special issues, similar to the 1987 PC Tech Journal Directory, but it’s hard to say, since I don’t have a complete publication schedule. I’ve also created links to all the Microsoft Languages NewsLetters that were published in PC Tech Journal, as well as an assortment of PC Tech Journal Disks containing published source code listings and more.

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