[jaws-uk] Re: The Pound Sign
- From: David W Wood <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:07:50 +0000
Well, yet again, another non-standard standard!!!
American STANDARD Code for Information Interchange?
David
In message <LMBBKHFOFOIHIEKEJEGGIEJLDNAA.keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Keith Clydesdale <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>George, many thanks.
>
>But, please forgive me if I am very naive, why is the DOS version of the
>pound sign used so much?
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Keith
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of George Bell
>Sent: 18 March 2005 21:17
>To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The Pound Sign
>
>
>Hi Keith,
>
>It's quite simple. (almost!) And basically boils down to
>the difference between the old DOS character set and Windows
>character set.
>
>DOS ASCII 156 is a Pound sign. Windows ANSI 163 is a Pound
>sign.
>
>George.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith
>Clydesdale
>Sent: 18 March 2005 18:03
>To: Jaws Group
>Subject: [jaws-uk] The Pound Sign
>
>Dear All,
>
>Just a little enquiry re the pound sign please.
>
>In most publications that I read, Jaws does not say the
>pound sign, and when I interrogate Jaws, I find it is
>character 156.
>
>However, Jaws does say the pound sign that I type myself,
>which I find is character 163.
>
>Does anyone have any idea why character 156 is used, please?
>
>I've asked Jaws, through the dictionary, to say "pound" when
>it sees character 156, but it only does this when reading
>character by character, not in the "Say all" mode.
>
>Can anyone throw any light on why this is?
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Keith
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