Re: Problem with reading a Word document
- From: Claire Ryan <claire.ryan24@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:55:30 +0000
Hi Dave,
Many thanks for getting back to me so quick. You're a star! I greatly
appreciate it.
Claire.
On 3/16/11, Farfar Carlson <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Claire,
>
> When in Word, Insert+v for the JAWS options dialog. Then press the letter
> "L" until you hear "language detection" and make sure it's turned off.
>
> Dave
> Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio
> Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Claire Ryan" <claire.ryan24@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "JFW Mailing List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:45
> Subject: Problem with reading a Word document
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have a very long .doc file (roughly 300 pages) to read,
> unfortunaetly I'm having problems reading it.
>
> When I try to read the text, JAWS appears to be reading it in a
> different language, or at least seems to be using the accent of
> another language. (To my untrained ear, it sounds like German). I know
> the text is in English as it is the scanned version of an
> English-language academic text.
>
> I don't know if I have to change a JAWS setting so as to read it
> properly and have JAWS pronounce the English words correctly.
>
> Would anyone have any suggestions?
>
> All the best,
> Claire.
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