RE: Homonym Dictionary
- From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:07:10 -0500
Right. Using the spell function works great for either several words in a
line, sentence, and so on, and the spell word function also works fine, but one
has to remember to check. That's the hard part.
I usually have too many issues going on in my brain to remember to check a
particular homonym.
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
jerry martin
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:43 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Homonym Dictionary
Edward: Have you tried the spell function with JAWS? With the numeric
keypad off, hold the insert Key and pressthe number 8 twice. Jerry.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:16 PM
Subject: Homonym Dictionary
> One of the major problems with using Dragon Naturally Speaking as a blind
> user is the tendency of Naturally Speaking to confuse words that are
> spelled very differently, but that sound the same, for example, two, to,
> and too.
> Principal and principle, ensure and insure, and sail and sale all come to
> mind immediately.
> I just want to confirm my thinking here.
> I have a text file with common homonyms on the left column followed by the
> spelling of the word (each letter separated from the others by a space).
> If I converted that into a custom dictionary for JAWS, wouldn't JAWS, in
> effect, through this dictionary, spell the troublesome term instead of
> uselessly pronouncing the word?
> Of course, I wouldn't want this dictionary running all the time, but when
> proofing a document I dictated through Naturally Speaking, this could be
> pretty handy.
> I actually did this back when I used Window-Eyes.
> Any reason why this won't work in JAWS? I'm not all that familiar with
> JAWS pronunciation dictionaries. Hence, I'm seeking your collective
> wisdom.
> Anyone else have a better solution -- or idea for a solution to the
> homonym problem?
> Thanks!
>
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