Re: Modifying the dictionary

  • From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:41:10 -0500

Good idea, especially since I'm on a diet!  In all seriousness jaws is not
selective, its what we want our kids to be, consistently obedient to our
commands!  Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Hebert" <roberthebert@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Modifying the dictionary


> 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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