You'd think so, but not with my synthesizer. I had to add a separate entry for the word "eh" to make it sound Canadian. You know what I mean, eh? (I write this with affection for Canada and its people.) ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Moore Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:14 AM Tracy and Adrian, You can also use the 2-letter combination, "eh," which will pronounce the first letter of the alphabet correctly. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Adrian Spratt Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:04 PM I know exactly what you're talking about. Because the letter "a' is also an indefinite article, JAWS will not pronounce it as we do uppercase "A." My solution is to write the four letters eigh, as in the word "sleigh," in the replacement field of the JAWS dictionary. I hope this works for you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tracy Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 5:16 PM How do I change the way JAWS says the letter a when reading character by character? tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx (that's also my messenger contact) Skype: 1tracetypegirl EVERY TIME I CLOSE THE DOOR ON REALITY IT COMES IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS.