Re: Talking American Heritage
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:59:25 -0800
Dick,
Okay, that's simple. It's the same service the other digital dictionaries
offer, spoken pronunciation of the word. Why, then, do they call it the
"talking dictionary"? I have a feeling that this one may be a different
level of dictionary than the others, possibly intended primarily for school
children. the lower price suggests a simpler dictionary, also. Does anyone
know?
----- Original Message -----
From: "AB7HW Dick Lee Chrisman" <ab7hw@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: Talking American Heritage
The only spoken thing in this Dictionary is the word you typed in. this is
the word you are looking for the definition of. The Word is only spoken if
you request it to be spoken, there is a button you click then the word is
spoken in a human voice the purpose for this is to let you know how to
pronounce the word.
You do not shut off JAWS there is no interference with the word spoken in
the Dictionary.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:43 PM
Subject: Talking American Heritage
> I've just been googling around to find some descriptive information about
> this product, but so far there's one thing I can't figure out. Is this
> actually a self-voicing piece of software,in the sense that Open Book is?
> I
> read a university library's instructions about how to use the library copy
> of it, but all it referred to was what the user would see on the screen.
> These control buttons up here, this field for showing definitions there,
> and
> so forth. Not a word about it speaking as it displays.
>
> Can anyone who uses this product explain how it works, in that sense?
> Does
> it chatter away speaking everything you type and read in it, conflicting
> with Jaws? If so, do you have to turn off Jaws while you use it? Also,
> if
> it is self voicing, why was it developed? To help people with cognitive
> problems so they could see the words and definitions but be helped to get
> them in mind better because the computer spoke everything aloud?
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
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