Hi Ah yes, I've had this problem as well. here's a shot in the dark... Go to dictionary manager and add ' to your list and leave the second field blank and save it. make sure you add the symbol ' not the word. Darren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Burgess" <karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:35 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: customising pronunciation hi darren sounds really simple, no other puncuation is getting spoken apart from these 's before someone is speaking i my books, they drives me mad!!! kaz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren H" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:28 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: customising pronunciation Hi Go into voice options , select global and select speek no punctuation. That should do it. Darren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Burgess" <karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:22 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] customising pronunciation Hi all i have taken to reading books on my pc using jaws 5.1. i have gone in to the jfw configuration manager because i don't want jaws speaking out 's and such as they interrupt the flow of the reading. under customising punctuation i have set these to none but they are still being spoken. is there anything else i should be doing?? hope someone can help as this really does irritate me when i'm trying to follow a book. thanks in advance kaz ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/407 - Release Date: 03/08/2006 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq