From text to speech

Sir, – Like many with bad eyesight, I rely heavily on the spoken online version of The Irish Times. However, the female voice generated by computer, while often hilarious, is irritating when it comes to anything distinctly Irish. This includes many Irish place-names or institutions.

This reached a peak when I read your Irish column Tuarascáil last Monday (December 12th). The resultant narration can only be described as gobbledygook. – Yours, etc,

BARRY BOLAND,

Ballsbridge,

Kamala Harris is a descendant of an Irish slave owner in Jamaica

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I went to Center Parcs abroad. Was it any cheaper than Ireland?

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Ukraine’s street pianos play on a decade after debuting during Maidan revolution

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Fine-tuning the Galway team began at the back of a classroom 35 years ago

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Dublin 4.