Mav, I think I know what's going on.

You have to choose "Juliette French" as the speaking voice or the words are totally butchered.

If you simply type in the words on the opening page, "S'il vous plaît" is said as "Sill v - o - u - s plate" with vous spelled out letter by letter. It is absolutely horrible.


If you choose Juliette as speaking voice, it sounds quite good, with very little errors to speak of.