That happened to me. There are a number of words that I first saw in print well before I ever heard them pronounced and so I automatically applied the pronunciation that I assumed to be correct and later found out that other people pronounced them differently from me. Once I had it established in my mind that a word should be pronounced a certain way, though, it was very difficult for me to change. I remember an incident in college. I pronounced the name Mendel, as in Gregor Mendel, with the emphasis on the second syllable. Apparently that annoyed a certain professor who corrected me every time I said the word. I finally forced myself to pronounce it with the emphasis on the first syllable, but now that the pressure is off I have reverted to my old pronunciation. I am aware that other people pronounce it with the emphasis on the first syllable, but I taught myself to pronounce it before I did know that and I seem to have stuck myself with it forever.
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Sighted children who read a lot (especially the ones that read above their grade level) apply the same sort of spelling/pronunciation rules as screen readers and often find out as adults that there are many words they pronounce incorrectly because they never heard anyone actually say them before.Misha On 7/13/2011 8:38 AM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:It depends on the screen reader software and it depends on the made up word. Sometimes the word is spelled out and sometimes it follows the pronunciation rules that are programmed into the software. If the latter you often get something like garble._ _ _"Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working people of all countries unite!" - Karl MarxFollow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Syfert" <goodproofing2010@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:30 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] CuriousHi everyone,How does vision-impaired software pronounce made-up words and names that shouldn't be pronounceable? Just wondering.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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