I’m in Europe but I prefer the dot. It also looks more pleasing with the font used. Of course you don’t see that when you have it read out by the computer. Does your computer voice program also translate to your native language? If so, shouldn’t the translator program take care of this?
I use a plugin for Indigo Domotics to get readings for home automation, it can also give spoken announcements on things like the weather readings from WF.
It’s not translated, I write in my native language and get a good announcement even if the pronunciation it’s not perfect it’s acceptable.
From my experience there is no good translation program out there.