Yeah. BTW. I'm wondering ifFreedom Scientific has ever thought about having a Brooklyn accent setting, or how bout naarleans. That'd be cool. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Caloggero Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:25 PM To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guispeak] Re: British accents with JAWS and IE6 I have my home machine st to speak in British English all the time now - I just like it better. Its a bit less harsh ... Oh ya, I live in Boston Massachusetts! -- Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bundy, Keith" <Keith.Bundy@xxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 4:29 PM Subject: [guispeak] Re: British accents with JAWS and IE6 > On a bit of a related note, I had a fellow faculty member email me, > and his signature was spoken in a French accent, even though he is no > way French. It was humorous!=20 > > -----Original Message----- > From: guispeak-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:guispeak-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laura Eaves > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:17 PM > To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [guispeak] Re: British accents with JAWS and IE6 > > Hi Rick! How's the PowerBraille? -- > Anyway, as for the british accent, I can answer that: > There is a checkbox in the html options of the configuration file of > jaws that specifies whether to recognize or switch languages on the > fly, based on the language specification in the html on the web page. > You can uncheck this box and force it to speak in American English all > the time. It's kind of funny -- I first ran into this not on the > internet, but in email sent by people in the UK. > I am on a list in particular on which are several people in the uk, and > I noticed that jaws started talking in British speak whenever I read > mail from them. > It was kind of freaky -- but the explanation was easy -- they had just > sent the mail in html format so naturally jaws and Outlook Express were > treating it as a little web page. > > It's funny how much harder it is to listen to a different dialect at > high speed when you aren't used to it. I had to uncheck the offending > checkbox in jaws in order to read their mail! > > Anyway, that's the story. > And I think it's a relatively new feature, as I only noticed it after > upgrading jaws -- but I don't remember now when that was or which > version. Take care, and enjoy! > --le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Rick.Roderick@xxxxxx> > To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:06 PM > Subject: [guispeak] British accents with JAWS and IE6 > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Why do some pages speak in a British accent, even when they are > > not=20 British? When I go to: > > www.ky.gov, > > I get a British accent. When I go to other pages on the site, the > accent > > returns to American English. > > > >=20 > > > > > >