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so "neun. vier. punkt. sieben. drei."

doesn't mean 94 . 73 (or 94,73)? i considered using "dot". I'd have to listen to a german numbers station that uses a splitter like "point" or "dot"

what i'm asking is if you have an ip address like 4.2.2.2 how would you read that over the phone, in german?

also i made a lot of edits to fix issues during the edit window to the two versions i posted



> 4.2.2.2 how would you read that over the phone, in german?

Vier punkt zwei punkt zwei punkt zwei.

But the TTS isn't me, it sees 4. 2. 2. 2. (with spaces in between) and reads Vierte, Zweite, Zweite, Zweite (fourth, second, second, second).

Without spaces, it reads it like the way Germans read an IP address (see first line of reply).

In German the "." after the number is like the "nd" or "th" in "2nd" or "4th".




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