Place the cursor where the m dash is, press insert d to open dictionary manager, activate the add button, tab to the replacement edit field, type dash (or whatever you want it to pronounce), press enter, press alt F4, then press enter to confirm the dialogue that asks if you want to save changes. Hope that helps. Chris Hallsworth Why not join my Blind Hobbyist mailing list! To join, send a blank message to blind-hobbyist-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Friedrichs" <1clarkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "JAWS Mailing List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:54 PM Subject: Special characters I'm running JAWS 8, and while reading text the character announced as M- occurs. I know what it is, but would like to have it announced as just -. I once knew how and where to redefine it, but have forgotten. Can some one refresh my memory? Thank you. ----- Clark Friedrichs / 1clarkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx