It has to be remembered that JAWS dictionary rules are
synthesizer-specific. This is one reason why FS doesn't have more entries
in its default dictionary. Another reason is a problem that is cropping
up for some people on the other list: assumptions that FS has made in the
dictionary turning out to not apply for other meanings. Personally, I'd
rather just learn to accept the synthesizer's quirks and program only a
few things into the exceptions dictionary, such as my last name ... though
even my last name isn't particularly important to me in this regard.
Bruce
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On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Tiger Mark wrote:
Another combination I have found useful when correcting incorrect i sounds is to use the u y combination as in the word guy. Inserting the w in shania sounds about the same as the way I did it
shania=shanuya
As for Baez, if you want the accent on the second syllable try inserting a space between the i and e, and it will sound like the following:
baez=bi ez
HTH.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana S. Leslie" <dsleslie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws Dictionary with names
Just try to get it to say Baez correctly. That one gave me the most trouble. But I finally came up with: baez=biez
how about: shania=shawniah
Blessed Be,
Dana that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A
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> aerosmith = arrow smith
> mattea = matayah
> shania = shawniah (can't come up with the exact pronunciation).
> > Part of the problem is what speech synthesizer you are using with Jfw. > These work pretty well with Eloquence, but I have to change a couple of > them to work better with Dectalk Express. Interestingly, Eloquence does > a decent job with Aerosmith without modification.
> > Hth,
> Steve
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl J. Rose" > <carl.rose1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 9:39 PM
> Subject: Jaws Dictionary with names
> > > > Hi All...
> > > > I have a large music collection and am trying to get jaws to say names
> > properly. I usually don't do much with the dictionary because I find > > it
> > annoying and tedious. I generally just adjust my listening to
> > mis-pronunciations.
> > > > However, I cannot tolerate some of these errors anymore. Can anybody
> > help me with the following examples:
> > > > Twain, Shania
> > Mattea, Cathy
> > Aerosmith
> > > > Thanks,
> > cjr
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