RE: apostrophe again

Hey Bob,

            I know what you mean.  I use Jaws 10 on a Windows Xp pro
machine.  I also use Outlook 2003.  I've noticed that when reading e-mail
messages or something on the web that Jaws doesn't say words correctly
especially if it has an apostrophe in it I feel like I didn't spell the word
correctly but it seems to be a Jaws problem.  Does anyone know why this is
happening?  It's quite annoying when you're trying to read text and Jaws
can't even say the word that has the apostrophe in it correctly.  Any help
would be most appreciative.

 

Carmen Santiago

 

 

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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robert Logue
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 7:24 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: apostrophe again

 

Yes.  I did try that but it made words with apostrophes sound strange like
don t and can t.

 

Thanks for the idea.  

 

I just don't understand why this is still a problem.  So many editors have
"smart quotes" that seem to make apostrophes instead of quote marks.  

 

I tried all the punctuation levels in jaws but can't shut them up.

 

Bob

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: john.falter <mailto:john.falter@xxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:13 AM

Subject: Re: apostrophe again

 

You could use the jaws dictionary to change apostrophe to quote, but then
you would never hear apostrophe.

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Robert <mailto:bobcat11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Logue 

To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:23 PM

Subject: apostrophe again

 

My favourite voice is Eloquence.  When I read some scanned books, they have
apostrophes instead of quotes.  How do I get Jaws to stop saying apostrophe
when there is a quotation?  It drives me nuts!

 

I tried setting punctuation levels but it doesn't stop apostrophes being
spoken when they are used instead of quotes.

 

Bob

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