Author: stuart taylor
Date: 05:12:17 10/31/02
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NT S.T. On October 30, 2002 at 23:15:10, Bob Durrett wrote: > > >Who needs to hear the needling snide remarks of a sneering male voice? I would >much rather play against a talking chess engine which was female! If the Fritz >people were to put out a female version, I would expect her to be called Fritzie >or Fritzette, or some such. > >The female voice should make encouraging &/or approving remarks, when your chess >moves were especially good. Never an unkind word. VERY supportive! > >The voice should be that of Marilyn Monroe. > >The comments should be those one would expect to hear from a girlfriend of >loving wife. > >Lots of cooing and such. > >Chess engine programmers should solicit the help of female chessplayers who have >a great sense of humor to make the voice for their engines. > >The comments would have to be reasonably tasteful. We wouldn't want to give the >Puritanical Zealots an axe to grind. > >I would enjoy playing against such a chess engine. > >Bob D.
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