sorry about that i seem to have cut off the last part of the word,as i was saying i put jfw into american mode and status was pronounced stattus so i just converted as such staytus. that is what i meant to say last time but seems to have missed out the important bit. hth, tonySVP COMMUNICATIONS, THE COMPANY WHO REALLY DOES CARE,GET YOUR BLANK MEDIA ETC FROM, HTTP://WWW.SVP.CO.UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Bentley To: JAWS Group Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 9:44 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Pronunciation dictionary Hello Have been trying to get JAWS to pronounce status with the English rather than US pronunciation without success. Can anybody suggest the right combination of letters and spaces etc. I understand how to use the dictionary itself but have not been able to hit on the right "formula" for this particular word. Thanks. Peter Bentley __________ NOD32 3243 (20080704) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com