Re: Deck Talk Access 32 & Jaws
- From: "Margaret Thomas" <iluvtoread@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 09:49:44 -0400
One other thing you might want to look into is how extended
translation in text processing is set. JAWS help for the item says in
part:
"Choosing extended
translation may result in fractions being
incorrectly read as dates."
Hope this helps,
Margaret
"Tracey" wrote:
Bruce, thanks again
I think I'll quit while I'm ahead, and leave well enough alone.
Tracy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: Deck Talk Access 32 & Jaws
> This is actually a good thing, because 1/2 doesn't always mean one
half,
> and I get worried when synthesizers take too many liberties in
> interpreting things like this. But if you want it to say one half,
just
> use your JAWS dictionary to add an entry that uses 1/2 as the
original
> spelling and one half as the corrected spelling.
>
> Bruce
>
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> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Tracey wrote:
>
> > Hi David and Bruce
> >
> > I set number processing to controlled by Jaws and the date
processing is
set
> > to off.
> >
> > It's still not reading one half the way I would like it to, It's
saying
one
> > slash two.
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestions.
> >
> > Tracy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "david poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: Deck Talk Access 32 & Jaws
> >
> >
> >> You can do two things, you can set number processing to something
other
> > than
> >> controlled by synthesizer and or you can make sure that numeric
date
> >> processing is set to none.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tracey" <teddybear2000@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: "JFW Mailing List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:48 PM
> >> Subject: Deck Talk Access 32 & Jaws
> >>
> >>
> >> Good evening list
> >>
> >> I am running;
> >> Windows XP Home Edition
> >> Jaws Version 5.00.844 with Deck Talk Access 32.
> >>
> >> When Jaws comes across 1/2 instead of pronouncing one half it
pronounces
> >> January second.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to get Jaws to say one half?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Tracy
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