(thx for the weather, whoever feels responsible btw)

No problem, any time.

Regarding text-to-speech, I once read about someone who'd come up with a text-to-speech system that mimicked famous personalities. For example, you could type a sentence and it would be read back to you by a voice similar to Jimmy Stewart or Jack Nicholson. Not just the voice and inflections, but even speech patterns, such as Jimmy Stewart's semi-stuttering style.

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Tony Fabris