To the original poster, what OS version are you using? I believe that in Mavericks these emotional symbols for lack of a better word and because I can't spell it are not working proaply. I can't confirm this because I'm not using Mavericks but I believe Apple are working on a fix. Don't read too much into this but I saw it mentioned in one of the beta's release notes on the mac rumours website a few days ago. I hope this is sort of helpful to you. Thanks Daniel On 23 Nov 2013, at 05:26, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > dunno they've got frowns like that too. > > On Nov 23, 2013, at 0:23, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Yes :) colon righte paren does read for me too. I wonder if they are the same > kind of smiley or if the dash in the middle makes it look like a slightly > different smiley. > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2013, at 11:17 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> >> On Nov 23, 2013, at 0:11, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> hi, all. I have someone who sent me an email with a collon and a right >> bracket >> :) >> mine says smiley it is actually colon right paren. >> >> >> in it. When I attempted to write the same thing, VO didn't read it. thanks >> for any assistance? >> >> -- >> Jonnie Appleseed >> with his >> hands-on Technolog(eye)s >> Touching The internet >> Reducing Technology’s disabilities >> One Byte at a time >> > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > with his > hands-on Technolog(eye)s > Touching The internet > Reducing Technology’s disabilities > One Byte at a time > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx