Right--Sorry, E. I was thinking spell-check, not search engine. I have the same problem typing things into google, but fortunately google asks "Do you mean..." I wish Amazon did that. G.Cindy --- Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I found one in a book I was reading with a couple of > letters reversed > and found the correct spelling for it at google.com. > Cindy > > Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 5:34 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: spelling names et > al > > > Those of us who are blind can also type the word > into a search engine > even if we have the incorrect spelling. The search > engine often comes > up with the correct spelling. > > E. > > At 05:59 PM 11/21/2007, you wrote: > >The problem is that those of you who are blind and > >have seen a particular name or word can only try > >spelling it phonetically, and unfortunately, our > >English language has too many homonyms and two many > >ways to spell words that don't always make sense. > You > >spelled Montgomery very logically. There are always > >many spelling "errors" in the list posts, but they > are > >totally logical. To listeners it doesn't make any > >difference, and to sighted people it doesn't make > any > >difference. I don't know about Braille readers. It > >must cause them to pause and maybe chuckle. smile > > > >G. Cindy > > > >--- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi Sue, > > > > > > Well, I did have a bit of trouble when > researching > > > for Montgomery > > > because I kept misspelling her name. <rueful > grin> > > > I kept spelling it > > > with a U not an o, Montgumery. I finally found > the > > > books by typing > > > Anne Of Green Gables and then going to the > author > > > link which is on the > > > search page when the book pops up. Yes, > searching > > > may require a > > > little help. It takes a while to learn to talk > to > > > computers. <smiling> > > > > > > Ann P. > > > > > > -- > > > Ann K. Parsons > > > Portal Tutoring > > > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://www.portaltutoring.info > > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > > > Not all those who wander are lost." > > > > > > Email services provided by the System Access > Mobile > > > Network. Visit > > > www.serotek.com to learn more about > accessibility > > > anywhere. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > Email to > > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > put 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > >Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put 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. > > > > > >__________ NOD32 2676 (20071121) Information > __________ > > > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >http://www.eset.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. > > > > __________ NOD32 2676 (20071121) Information > __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.