Re: Modifying the dictionary
- From: "Robert Hebert" <roberthebert@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:16:41 -0800
The M's getting stuck to the roof of your mouth--
Try leaving out the peanut butter!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Modifying the dictionary
Of course you are right. I was just pointing out that with that adaptation
to the dictionary the sentence, "I was eating a sandwich of peatut butter
and jam." would sound very strange. I do a lot of writing with foreign
words and names but adapting the dictionary to everything I need jaws to say
when coming acrosss certain letters or letter combinations would be
intollerable. Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "KStarrett" <kstarrett5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:37 PM
Subject: RE: Modifying the dictionary
> Hi Judith,
>
> You said,
>
> > When writing m.123 it already says m.
>
> Which is true. But if you redefine M. to say monsieur, then you type M.123
> jaws will say monsieur 123.
>
> See the problem?
>
> And modifying your example, what would happen in a sentence such as:
>
> At the M.L.A. convention M. de Gaul ate a sandwich of peanutbutter and
jam.
>
> Kimberly 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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