Nuance Vocalizer Developer's Guide - Avaya Support

Leading zerosLeading zeros in a number are omitted from the speech output:Input textOutput044 quarante-quatre02 deux00 zéroFractionsVocalizer recognizes fractions, where numerators and denominators areseparated by a forward slash, with no intervening spaces:Input textOutput1/2 une demie-13/5 moins treize cinquième1 / 2 un barre oblique deuxDecimal fractionsBy default, Vocalizer interprets metric decimal number convention for CanadianFrench, which uses a comma to separate decimals from the integer part.Optionally, spaces could be used to separate the digit triplets (hundreds,thousands, millions, and so on). Usually, the decimal part is a digit enumeration,except for digit pairs higher than “09”. For example:Input textOutput+1300321 plus un million trois cents mille trois cent vingt et un4,15 quatre virgule quinze4.66 quatre point soixante-six-55,345 moins cinquante-cinq virgule trois quatre cinq6,05 six virgule zéro cinqThe imperial decimal system, using a period to separate the integer from thedecimal part, is also supported when there is no possible ambiguity. Forexample, the number 1,234 would be considered by default as a metric decimalnumber and would be synthesized as “un virgule deux trois quatre.” However,combining the use of a comma separator and a period, (1,234.5) forces the94Nuance Vocalizer 3.0Developer’s Guide