questions on pronunciation and dictionary manager
- From: Michael Arnowitt <foodsong@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:34:18 -0500
Here are a few questions I have about the dictionary manager:
1. I notice my e-mail program (Eudora) makes more pronunciation
mistakes than my word processing program (Word 2007). That is, a word
is mispronounced in an e-mail, but if I type it in Word it is
pronounced correctly. What is the setup with Jaws, does each program
have separate pronouncing rules? Or does this mean Eudora is using
the default dictionary but MS Word has its own dictionary which might
be a little better? Can I somehow get Eudora to use the same
dictionary as Word is using? When I make a pronunciation change I do
it in the default.jcf but don't bother to also do it in the jcf for
Word as well - I think this is right as when I make a change in the
default it seems to affect both e-mail and word.
2. How do you change which syllable is accented? I haven't had much
luck in trying to have Jaws accent any particular syllable
(especially one that is not the first syllable), it seems to make
them all equal or accents slightly the first syllable no matter what I try.
3. What would you write in the replacement box for a new
pronunciation for a particular word if:
a. You would like an o to be a short o as in hot but Jaws is
pronouncing it as a long o as in show?
b. You want an e to be a short e as in bet but Jaws is pronouncing it
as a long e as in tree?
c. You want an i to be a long i as in hive, but Jaws is pronouncing
it as a short i as in give.
As an example of the last one, how would you get Jaws to pronounce a
long i for the word live as in the phrase "performing live"? If I
write into the edit field l e y e v e it turns it into three syllables.
Finally - not really a question, but does Jaws really pronounce the
same word differently depending on context? Try reading the following
line by line:
lives
lives in London
he lives in London
On both Word and Eudora, the first and third lines the i in the word
"lives" is reading for me as a short i, but the second line it's
pronounced as a long i.
I guess if this is really happening it brings to mind a thought - can
you instruct Jaws to pronounce a word a certain way only if it is
preceded by another word, for example by putting a two word phrase in
quotes, or ...?
TIA,
Michael
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