Speaking currency values

The supplied voice segments for each locale include one set of four voice segments for currency names, as shown in Table 1. Because locale includes country or region as well as language, these names are the names of the main local currency. Normally, the AudioCurrency object speaks the currency names for this currency. For example, if the locale is en_US, the value 2.25 is spoken as “two dollars and twenty-five cents”.

Table 1. Currency voice segments for XYZ currency
Voice segments for XYZ currency	Example
XYZ_majorcur (major currency name, singular)	“dollar”
XYZ_majorcurs (major currency name, plural)	“dollars”
XYZ_minorcur (minor currency name, singular)	“cent”
XYZ_minorcurs (minor currency name, plural)	“cents”

Using the currency property of the AudioCurrency object

The currency property of the AudioCurrency object allows you to speak a value as an amount in a currency that isn’t the local currency. For example, you might want to talk about British currency in France, or you might want to talk about Euros anywhere in Europe. Table 2 shows an example of this, and Table 3 shows what voice segments you would need.

Speaking euro amounts

In the following locales, currency amounts are spoken in euros and cents by default: French, Castilian Spanish, Catalan, German and Italian. To revert to the old national currency, specify PREEURO in the variant part of the locale property. Alternatively, you can specify dtj.preeuro.support=true in the dtj.ini file to achieve the same result. To speak a numeric value as a euro amount in a locale which doesn't default to euro, you need to:

Record major and minor currency names (“euro” “euros”, “cent”, and “cents”) in the languages in which you intend to speak euro amounts (for example, you might want them pronounced differently in French, English, and so on). The names must be prefixed with the characters “EUR”, for example, EUR_majorcur, EUR_majorcurs, EUR_minorcur, EUR_minorcurs.
Before you can import the voice segments that you have recorded, you need to create your own control file, an example of which is shown in Figure 1.
Import the voice segments that you have recorded using the following command:
```
dtjplex -action importVoiceAll -controlfile <path>\impexpeuro.cfv
```
Specify EUR in the currency property of the AudioCurrency object.

Table 2. A value of 20000000 spoken with different currency and locale property values
locale	GBP currency	FRF currency	EUR currency
en_GB	“twenty million pounds”	“twenty million francs”	“twenty million euros”
fr_FR	“vingt millions de livres sterling”	“vingt millions francs”	“vingt millions euros”

Table 3. Voice segments required
locale	Voice segments required
en_GB	GBP_majorcur	FRF_majorcur	EUR_majorcur
	GBP_majorcurs	FRF_majorcurs	EUR_majorcurs
	GBP_minorcur	FRF_minorcur	EUR_minorcur
	GBP_minorcurs	FRF_minorcurs	EUR_minorcurs
fr_FR	GBP_majorcur	FRF_majorcur	EUR_majorcur
	GBP_majorcurs	FRF_majorcurs	EUR_majorcurs
	GBP_minorcur	FRF_minorcur	EUR_minorcur
	GBP_minorcurs	FRF_minorcurs	EUR_minorcurs

Figure 1. Example of a control file

character_encoding = Cp1252
#export :
segment_locale = fr_FR
export_type = raw
#import :
import_hints = Q0S0
file_encoding = wav
segment_name = EUR_majorcur
segment_category = System
file_name = euro.wav
;
segment_name = EUR_majorcurs
segment_category = System
file_name = euros.wav
;
segment_name = EUR_minorcur
segment_category = System
file_name = cent.wav
;
segment_name = EUR_minorcurs
segment_category = System
file_name = cents.wav
;