[JAWSLite] Re: JAWS 10 reading phone numbers improperly

Hi again,

    I just noticed that I omitted the E-mail address to send this suggestion 
to; it is:

suggestions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Moore" <donmoore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 3:06 PM
Subject: [JAWSLite] JAWS 10 reading phone numbers improperly


> Hi List,
>
>    After phoning FS tech support about the phone number reading issue and
> after talking to Amanda there, who agreed with me, I sent the following
> message to the following E-mail address:
>
> Hello,
>
>    In a recent discussion on a JAWS mailing list, it was pointed out that
> there has been a change in the way JAWS reads telephone numbers, so I
> checked it out and discovered that this is indeed true. In fact, the 
> change
> took place in the last 2 builds of JAWS 9.0 and has continued in JAWS 
> 10.0;
> prior to that, JAWS read phone numbers in the way most people say them.
>
>    With number processing controlled by Eloquence and punctuation set to
> none, the following phone number, 727-803-8600, used to be read as 
> follows:
>
> seven two seven eight o three eight six o o
>
> Now, the same phone number is read as follows:
>
> seven hundred twenty-seven eight hundred three eighty-six hundred
>
>    Incidentally, I just called Freedom Scientific technical support and
> talked to Amanda about this. She informed me that she is a JAWS user and
> that she, too, has noticed this change and that she does not like this
> change either.
>
>    I request that you change it back to the way it was in all earlier
> versions of JAWS. Incidentally, I have been using JAWS since version 3.5.
>
>    Thank you in advance,
> (end of message to FS Suggestions)
>
>    Amanda also suggested that I ask anyone else who desires this to return
> to the way it was, or at least to have the option of setting it that way, 
> to
> send a suggestion to that E-mail address as well.
>
>    Thanks all,
>
>    Don
>
> ===================
> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com
>
> View the list's information at
> http://www.freelists.org/list/jawslite
> 

===================
Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com

View the list's information at 
http://www.freelists.org/list/jawslite

Other related posts: