Yep Jackie - Turning off the punctuation does the trick! - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:57 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | Yeah, brill isn't it? | | Jackie Cairns | Braille Support Adviser | Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Sight and Sound Technology | Welton House North Wing | Summerhouse Road | Moulton Park | Northampton | NN3 6WD | Tel: 01604 798024 | Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk | -----Original Message----- | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf | Of Amro Bilal | Sent: 03 December 2008 18:08 | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | | Now that's new, Jackie! Just switched punctuations to none in Talks, and | | yeah, Eloquence says smiley face now. That's cool! | | Cheers, | Amro | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:38 PM | Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | | | > Hi Andy | > | > I wonder then if it is to do with how much punctuation you have turned | > on within TALKS? I have mine set to none, so perhaps this is why I | get | > the description of the face rather than the punctuation marks being | > announced? | > | > | > Jackie Cairns | > Braille Support Adviser | > Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | > Sight and Sound Technology | > Welton House North Wing | > Summerhouse Road | > Moulton Park | > Northampton | > NN3 6WD | > Telephone: 01604 798024 | > Fax: 01604 798090 | > Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk | > | > -----Original Message----- | > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On | Behalf | > Of Andy Collins | > Sent: 03 December 2008 14:21 | > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | > Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | > | > Hi Jackie - | > | > I'm using US Elloquence too! - | > | > Andy | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:07 PM | > Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | > | > | > | Andy, that's interesting. What voice are you using on your phone? | I | > | ask because someone asked me the very same question recently. She | is | > | using Daniel on her phone, and doesn't get the faces announced, only | > | punctuation that is correct for the smiley or sad faces. I use the | > | American Eloquence on mine, and it's always worked a treat. | > | | > | Just a thought. | > | | > | Jackie Cairns | > | Braille Support Adviser | > | Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | > | Sight and Sound Technology | > | Welton House North Wing | > | Summerhouse Road | > | Moulton Park | > | Northampton | > | NN3 6WD | > | Telephone: 01604 798024 | > | Fax: 01604 798090 | > | Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk | > | | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On | > Behalf | > | Of Andy Collins | > | Sent: 03 December 2008 13:54 | > | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | > | | > | Jackie - Seems like I've missed a trick here! Talks Doesn't announce | > | "smiley face" etc when :) etc are used, either in a message I | create, | > or | > | one that is sent to me! Have I missed something? - | > | | > | Andy | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | ----- Original Message ----- | > | From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | > | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | > | Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:39 PM | > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | > | | > | | > || Hi Andy and James | > || | > || As far as I can tell, colon, dash and right parenthesis is a smiley | > || face, while colon, dash and left parenthesis is a sad face. If I | > also | > || do just a colon and right parenthesis or colon and left | parenthesis, | > || TALKS still announces smiley face and sad face respectively, so I'm | > | not | > || sure if there is a distinction on the phone's display between the | two | > || types of smiley and sad face. But whatever they are, and however | you | > | do | > || them, I adore them!! (smiley face). How do you make them in an | Email | > || message though? | > || | > || | > || Jackie Cairns | > || Braille Support Adviser | > || Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | > || Sight and Sound Technology | > || Welton House North Wing | > || Summerhouse Road | > || Moulton Park | > || Northampton | > || NN3 6WD | > || Telephone: 01604 798024 | > || Fax: 01604 798090 | > || Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk | > || | > || -----Original Message----- | > || From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On | > | Behalf | > || Of James Scholes | > || Sent: 02 December 2008 21:56 | > || To: Andy Collins | > || Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons | > || | > || Hi Andy, | > || :) is a smily face, :-) is a big smily face, :( is a sad face, and | > :-( | > || is a big sad face. I think that's correct, other people can correct | > me | > || if I'm wrong. | > || On Tuesday, December 02, 2008 at 09:50 PM (GMT), Andy Collins | wrote: | > || Hi all - | > || | > || Can somebody tell me the difference between :] and :-] when it | comes | > | to | > || emoticons? 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