Re: get rid of jaws saying blank

  • From: Bruce Toews <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:24:09 -0600 (CST)

That's why these things should be configurable. There are times, too, when 
I want to know about every single punctuation mark, which is why I'm 
grateful for the option. Configurability, choice, is the key, in my 
opinion.

Bruce

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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Dale Leavens wrote:

> There are times though when you want to hear about the blank lines =
> because of the context and that it does provide structure.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:03 AM
> Subject: Re: get rid of jaws saying blank
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>
>> I'm guessing, and this is just a guess, that what happens is it's like =
> the=20
>> dictionary manager. The blank lines still show up, but this allows you =
> to=20
>> tell it what, if anything, you want it to say when it encounters the =
> blank=20
>> line. In which case, it *should* work anywhere. What would be most=20
>> desirable, at least in my view, would be have it skip right over the =
> blank=20
>> line.
>> =20
>> Bruce
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>> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> =20
>>> Does this work on the Internet or in Word?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Robert McCoy" <rmccoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:36 PM
>>> Subject: FW: get rid of jaws saying blank
>>>
>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Robert McCoy
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
> Behalf
>>>> Of david poehlman
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:38 PM
>>>> To: jfw users email list
>>>> Subject: Re: get rid of jaws saying blank
>>>>
>>>> Here is a suggestion that works:
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Roselle Ambubuyog" <roselle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:04 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: get rid of jaws saying blank
>>>>
>>>> If you go to the default Configuration Manager and select =
> "customize
>>>> Punctuation", there's an Advanced button there and the first item =
> is for
>>>> blank lines. Then there's an Edit Description button you can tab =
> to, but
>>> it
>>>> will not accept no entry so you have to put a space character
>>>>
>>>> Roselle
>>>>
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