[bksvol-discuss] Re: compound words that sound weird

  • From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:31:46 -0500

According to the rules you should leave them alone. It's just that screen readers can't have every possible compound word and strangely written word in the pronunciation dictionary to prevent weird pronunciation. So many words can be made by putting two together and either separate or together is correct. You are right that it is unlikely that anyone will catch your changes, but then again I get pretty used to the weird mispronunciation of words and catch on to what they are supposed to be pretty quickly. If I hear any over and over again I finally add it to the pronunciation dictionary. Sometimes I even stop noticing that my brain is automatically supplying the correct word when it is said incorrectly.

Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity

----- Original Message ----- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:20 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] compound words that sound weird


Dear Volunteers and emerging Friends,

I'm going to guess the answer to this question before I ask it and then find out if I was right or not.

My guess is no, leave the compound words as they are.

Now, here's the question. Most of the time, jaws pronounces compound words correctly. But sometimes they sound so distorted you really have to think about the context or go back and listen to the word letter by letter.

Here's an example. In two books I've worked on the word bloodred was used. I am tempted to write is blood red. I figure, "who will know? Who will check? It will sound right without putting the listener to any trouble, and even if the spell checker shrieks it's wrong, if I make the book really clean, 3 or 4 separated compounds won't sink the ship"

Ok. I'm ready for the outcry, but I only want to tamper with the few compounds that sound absolutely unrecognizable.

Always With Love,

Lissi



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