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+; say.conf
+; 
+; language configuration
+;
+; The new language routines produce strings of the form
+;	prefix:[format:]data
+; that are matched against the rules in this file to produce
+; an output.
+;
+; The data is generally the string to be spelled (either a number,
+; an ascii string or a date/time in the format specified below).
+; It is available, in the right hand side of a rule, as variable ${SAY}.
+;
+; The format is optional and normally used only for date/time.
+; The prefix is used to select the pronunciation - standard
+; prefixes are
+;	num		used for numbers
+;	enum		used for enumerations
+;	date 		for dates
+;	time 		for times
+;	datetime	for dates and times
+;	char		for character strings
+;	phonetic	for phonetic strings
+;
+; but others can be used at will.
+;
+; Processing occurs as follows:
+; If the format is empty, or there is no format, the entire
+; string is matched agains one of the pattern on the left hand side.
+; On the first match, the various comma-separated components on the right
+; hand side are pronounced, as follows:
+; + a component starting with a prefix: (i.e. with a ':' in it)
+;   is re-processed according to these rules;
+; + a component without a ':' in it is considered a filename and
+;   the corresponding file is played.
+;
+; If the format is non-empty, the format is split into its components
+; (individual characters, or filenames in single quotes), and then
+; filenames are played, whereas single characters are used to
+; generate a new string format:pat:data to be processed.
+;
+; DATES/AND TIMES assume that the date info is available in
+; the form	 YYYYMMDDHHmm.ss-dow-doy
+; with 4 digits for the year, 2 for month, day, hour, minutes, seconds,
+; one digit for the day-of-week, and 3 digits for the day-of-year.
+;
+; Example:
+;     datetime::200604172030.00-4-102
+; (typical format for a date) is first matched against the line
+;	datetime::. => date:AdBY 'digits/at' IMp:${SAY}
+; which is normally present with the default format for dates.
+; In turn, the format string "AdBY 'digits/at' IMp" results in
+; the sequence
+;	date:A:200604172030.00-4-102
+;	date:d:200604172030.00-4-102
+;	date:B:200604172030.00-4-102
+;	date:Y:200604172030.00-4-102
+;	digits/at
+;	date:I:200604172030.00-4-102
+;	date:M:200604172030.00-4-102
+;	date:p:200604172030.00-4-102
+;
+; 
+; Remember, normally X Z N are special, and the search is
+; case insensitive, so you must use [X] [N] [Z] .. if you
+; want exact match.
+
+[en-base](!)
+_[n]um:0. => num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:X => digits/${SAY}
+_[n]um:1X => digits/${SAY}
+_[n]um:[2-9]0 =>  digits/${SAY}
+_[n]um:[2-9][1-9] =>  digits/${SAY:0:1}0, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:XXX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/hundred, num:${SAY:1}
+
+_[n]um:XXXX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/thousand, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:XXXXX => num:${SAY:0:2}, digits/thousand, num:${SAY:2}
+_[n]um:XXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:3}, digits/thousand, num:${SAY:3}
+
+_[n]um:XXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/million, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:XXXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:2}, digits/million, num:${SAY:2}
+_[n]um:XXXXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:3}, digits/million, num:${SAY:3}
+
+_[n]um:XXXXXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/billion, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:XXXXXXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:2}, digits/billion, num:${SAY:2}
+_[n]um:XXXXXXXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:3}, digits/billion, num:${SAY:3}
+
+; enumeration
+_e[n]um:X => digits/h-${SAY}
+_e[n]um:1X => digits/h-${SAY}
+_e[n]um:[2-9]0 => digits/h-${SAY}
+_e[n]um:[2-9][1-9] => num:${SAY:0:1}0, digits/h-${SAY:1}
+_e[n]um:[1-9]XX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/hundred, enum:${SAY:1}
+
+[en](en-base)
+
+[it]
+_[n]um:0. => num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:X => digits/${SAY}
+_[n]um:1X => digits/${SAY}
+_[n]um:[2-9]0 =>  digits/${SAY}
+_[n]um:[2-9][1-9] =>  digits/${SAY:0:1}0, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:1XX => digits/hundred, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:[2-9]1XX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/hundred, num:${SAY:1}
+
+_[n]um:1XXX => digits/thousand, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:[2-9]XXX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/thousands, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:XXXXX => num:${SAY:0:2}, digits/thousands, num:${SAY:2}
+_[n]um:XXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:3}, digits/thousands, num:${SAY:3}
+
+_[n]um:1XXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/million, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:[2-9]XXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:1}, digits/millions, num:${SAY:1}
+_[n]um:XXXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:2}, digits/millions, num:${SAY:2}
+_[n]um:XXXXXXXXX => num:${SAY:0:3}, digits/millions, num:${SAY:3}
+
+; YYYYMMDDHHmm.ss-dow-doy
+_datetime::. => date:AdBY 'digits/at' IMp:${SAY}
+_date::. => date:AdBY:${SAY}
+_time::. => date:IMp:${SAY}
+_date:Y:. => num:${SAY:0:4}	; year, 19xx
+_date:[Bb]:. => digits/mon-$[${SAY:4:2}-1]	; month name, 0..11
+_date:[Aa]:. => digits/day-${SAY:16:1}	; day of week
+_date:[de]:. => num:${SAY:6:2}		; day of month
+_date:[hH]:. => num:${SAY:8:2}		; hour
+_date:[I]:. => num:$[${SAY:8:2} % 12]	; hour 0-12
+_date:[M]:. => num:${SAY:10:2}		; minute
+; _date:[pP]:. => digits/$[ ${SAY:10:2} > 12 ? "p-m" :: "a-m"]	; am pm
+_date:[pP]:. => digits/p-m	; am pm
+_date:[S]:. => num:${SAY:13:2}		; seconds