Thanks Ian. But is there a way to get Jaws to say (minus 45 pounds)
instead of (minus pounds 45) as how it should be?
Most of you may have already noticed, but Jaws speak the currencies
correctly when there isn't a minus sign i.e. says £45 as 45 pounds.
Cheers,
Amro
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Ian Robinson <mailto:ian442@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Friday, October 15, 2010 1:13 PM
*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: Lloyds banking: beware you could be in
the red jaws users
Damon et Al,
JAWS will announce the dash as a minus if it is followed by either a
number or a dollar symbol, even if punctuation is turned off. It
doesn’t announce the dash as a minus when it is followed by a pound
symbol.
The trick is to add an entry to the dictionary with a dash followed
by a
pound symbol being announced as “minus pounds”.
Regards.
Ian
On 15/10/2010 11:20, Damon Rose wrote:
> You've not read my message properly. The dash comes before a
pound sign,
> not a number.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Iain Lackie
> Sent: 15 October 2010 11:09
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Lloyds banking: beware you could be in
the red
> jaws users
>
> I am not sure how accurate this is. If I go into Notepad and type
-3 (a3
> immediately preceded by a dash), JAWS 11 reads this as minus 3.
Indeed,
> in typing this message, the same thing happens. If there is a space
> between the dash and the number, it is read as - 3. I find it hard to
> believe that this behaviour would not be replicated on an online
page.
> Does the Lloyds page actually have a dash immediately preceding a
> number? If there is a space, would Window-Eyes or any other
screenreader
> handle the situation differently?
>
> Iain
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Alexander Shannon"<alexander.shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:alexander.shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 10:20 AM
> To:<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Lloyds banking: beware you could be in
the red
> jaws users
>
>>
>> Hi Damon,
>>
>> Thank you for your message. Like yourself, I am a Lloyds customer,
>> (and sometimes use online banking), so I will certainly be making
>> Lloyds bank aware of the confusion they are causing to Jaws users.
>>
>> However, in view of Steve Nutt's comment that the Lloyds bank change
>> in layout does not cause problems for window-eyes users, I will also
>> be contacting my Jaws supplier's support team to make them aware
that
>> Jaws is unable to correctly interpret the - as a minus sign when it
>> precedes figures in a balance when displayed online.
>>
>>
>>
>> Alexander Shannon
>>
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