Re: Modifying the dictionary

  • From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:19:40 -0500

I'm not a dictionary maven but according to what you described M. followed
by a space could be set to say Mosieur but what happens in a statement such
as:
I ate a sandwich of peanut butter and jam.  ?
When writing m.123 it already says m.  Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: <kstarrett5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: Modifying the dictionary


> Hi Everyone,
> I am trying to modify the jaws default dictionary to do the following:
>
> When jaws encounters the letter M followed by a period then a space I want
it to say "monsieur" as in monsieur de Gaul.
>
> When jaws encounters the letter M followed by a period and another letter
(like M.L.A.) I want it to say M.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> --
> Kimberly Starrett
> "Sharing an office is like being in a Beckett play...after everything has
been said you still must go on talking."
> Edmund White, in "The Farewell Symphony".
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