[JAWSLite] Re: jaws dictionary and sylable emphasis

There's no single answer to this question, as other responses have shown. Getting the JAWS dictionary to pronounce words correctly often requires a change that's counter intuitive. For example, I sometimes get the emphasis I want by doubling a consonant. In this case, I get JAWS to emphasize the second syllable by adding an e to the end of the name, that is, the third syllable, hence Sakhatmee.
I hope the correct emphasis comes across. If not, perhaps the interaction of JAWS and the synthesizer is also involved. 
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Is there a way to have jaws emphasize a syllable when adding a word to the dictionary?
Say I have a 3 syllable word and I want the emphasis on the second syllable. Can I somehow tell jaws to emphasize the 2nd sylable? Actually, the word I'm dealing with is a name, Sakhatme. It should be said 'sack hot me" with the emphasis on the second sylable. Like 'sack HOT! me".
Just telling jaws to pronounce the word as if it's "sack hot me" helped. But it would be nice to get it right so that I will start saying it right myself. Out of force of habit, I sometimes mispronouce this name when I'm talking to the actual person. 
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