I'm using Eloquence also. I set things up in my JAWS dictionary, so now I'm okay. Many thanks for your help. Arianna Calesso ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert McCoy" <rmccoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: RE: JFW 5.0, Windows XP OS and numbers with apostrophes > I have mine set to some translation and controlled by synth. However, I > tried no translation and it said the number without saying the ' . What > synth are you using, I am using eloquence. > What is the website you are using, I would like to try it to see what > results I get. > > > > Robert McCoy > (506) 459-6636 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Arianna Calesso > Sent: December 16, 2003 12:22 PM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: JFW 5.0, Windows XP OS and numbers with apostrophes > > > Robert, I have it set to : > > Numeric date processing no translation and > Numbers controlled by synthesizer > > I find this happening when I'm on the net reading a weather report. > > Arianna Calesso > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert McCoy" <rmccoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:04 AM > Subject: RE: JFW 5.0, Windows XP OS and numbers with apostrophes > > > > Odd, my computer says 20's as twenties, and does not announce the ' unless > I > > read by using the ctrl+arrow key for word-to-word. > > I tried this in outlook 2000 and notepad. My OS is XPHome and I use jaws > > 5.x > > I have not made any changes to my pronunciation dictionary. > > What do you have your number translation set to? > > > > Robert McCoy > > (506) 459-6636 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > > Behalf Of Arianna Calesso > > Sent: December 15, 2003 11:33 PM > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: JFW 5.0, Windows XP OS and numbers with apostrophes > > > > > > How does one get JAWS to say numbers that have an apostrophe s the correct > > way? If I write 20's I want the computer to say twenties. This is > > especially annoying when reading weather reports and they say in the 20's > or > > 50's. > > Can this be corrected? > > > > Arianna Calesso > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.