Re: More on Pronunciation Issues with JAWS

  • From: ies5@xxxxxxxx
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:49:58 -0400

your announcement of punctuation is set "announce all punctuation" if I
had to make a guess

Edward
 
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:40:43 -0500 "Ray Campbell"
<ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi All:
> 
> Here is a little more information on the problem I'm working with
> someone on that I sent a message about earlier today, where JAWS 
> won't
> pronounce certain words properly.
> 
> Again, the client is using 7.1.  When he, for example, encounters 
> the
> word "don't" his JAWS says "don ' t.  It does this even when the 
> word
> "don't" is typed properly and when there is no mixed case characters 
> in
> the word.  This also happens to him with words like "wasn't," or
> "doesn't."
> 
> Since my 7.1 installation does not do this, I took a look at both 
> the
> default dictionary and the dictionaries for Microsoft Word and 
> Outlook
> Express.  I could not find anything in there that would be causing 
> this.
> 
> We checked out the client's JAWS installation and he's using the 
> Freedom
> Scientific Eloquence synthesizer and he has the correct version on 
> his
> computer.
> 
> Anyone know what we can do to fix this for the client?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Ray Campbell, HelpDesk Technician
> Adaptive Technology Center
> Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
> 1850 W. Roosevelt Road
> Chicago, IL  60608
> 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or
> 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay)
> ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> AIM Screen Name: tclhelp
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