RE: Dictionary for different voices
- From: "Chris Jenkins" <saveup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:47:37 -0500
Hello.
To see a list of synthesizers that you have installed.
Press control+ insert+S this we will bring up a list of synthesizers.
If you do not know which synthesizers you have installed you probably only
have eloquence.
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Judith Bron
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:28 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Dictionary for different voices
How do you find out which synthasizer you have?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Jenkins" <saveup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: RE: Dictionary for different voices
> Hello Jack.
>
> What you are saying is correct if you are use in eloquence.
> But if you are using the deck talk you do not have that problem.
> But you have some other problems and that is why the original poster was
> asking if you could have dictionary rules associated with a specific
speech
> synthesizer. So that eloquence could sound right and deck talk could
sound
> right. As it is now the deck talk's rules step on eloquence is rules.
That
> does not work so well in certain situations. As an example if you are
using
> eloquence the name "Joey" is pronounced correctly but if you are using the
> deck talk "Joey" is pronounced with a long "O".
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jack Lowe
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 11:30 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Dictionary for different voices
>
> That's the whole point behind the dictionary manager. You can teach Jaws
> how to say words correctly. It can be a bit of a challenge with some
words,
>
> but for the most part, it can be done.
> For an example. The country singer, Shania Twain. Jaws says her first
name
>
> like the word, train. But to make it say it correctly, I went to the
> dictionary manager and spelled it the way it should sound. So now when
Jaws
>
> sees the Word, Shania, Jaws pronounces it, Shanuya. The letters, u & y
> together will give a word the long, I, sound. Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Dictionary for different voices
>
>
> >I write novels and some of the words are foreign. Jaws pronounces some
of
> > them in a very wierd way and I have gotten used to these oddities over
the
> > years. It's strange, in jaws 3.5 some of these words were pronounced a
> > lot
> > more accurately. Judith
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: Dictionary for different voices
> >
> >
> >> Huh? Each voice makes different pronunciation mistakes?
> >> All of the eloquence voices say all of the words the same way. If they
> > are
> >> pronouncing them wrong, have you tried to fix that in the dictionary
> >> manager? That's what it's for.
> >> But in Jaws 6.0, I believe you have more options as to how you use the
> >> dictionary manager.
> >> You can have it read some words with the German voice, for example.
But
> >> I
> >> don't know well Jaws does with changing cynth voices on the fly like
> >> that.
> >> But I know that it can be done. Jack
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:05 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Dictionary for different voices
> >>
> >>
> >> >I think dictionaries for different synthesizers was meant.
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "David Truong" <bnfiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:23 AM
> >> > Subject: RE: Dictionary for different voices
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Run that by me again? I don't think I really quite understand what
you
> >> > =
> >> > are
> >> > wanting to do here. Are you saying that you want a specific voice
for
> >> > a
> >> > specific Jaws dictionary entry? If so, I don't think that would be =
> >> > possible
> >> > without some major scripting. Perhaps the sounds and speech manager
=
> >> > might
> >> > be able to help. What an interesting idea!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > David Truong
> >> >
> >> > E-mail and MS messenger: davidtruong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> > Skype: blindboxer1967
> >> >
> >> > Home Page: http://members.optusnet.com.au/davidtruong/
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> >>From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
> >> > Behalf
> >> > Of Chandni
> >> > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:13 PM
> >> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Subject: Dictionary for different voices
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > is it possible to create and run dictionary files for different
voices
> >> > =
> >> > (eg.
> >> > AT&T natural voices and microsoft voices)? I know how to create a new
> >> > dictionary, but how do you then tell JAWS to use that one instead of
> >> > the
> >> > default one for the application I'm in? I'd like to be able to choose
=
> >> > the
> >> > dictionary according to the voice I'm using, because each voice makes
> >> > different pronunciation mistakes.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks so much
> >> >
> >> > Fran
> >> >
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