Re: the fatal letter combination (was: jaws quits on the word c a e s u r e it knocks out jaws, could someone find out what makes certain words do this? Dave Hutchins Fw: typing error)

  • From: "Dave Hutchins" <dhutchins@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 13:04:10 -0500

Hi Lister,
OK thanks for the info.  Dave Hutchins
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 12:16 PM
Subject: RE: the fatal letter combination (was: jaws quits on the word c a e 
s u r e it knocks out jaws, could someone find out what makes certain words 
do this? Dave Hutchins Fw: typing error)


> It is not a JAWS problem, it is an Eloquence flaw.
> If you select one of the sapi voices you can read it just fine...
> I was once researching se Greek and Roman mythology and ever so often
> the computer would just die when scanning down my email list. Now I
> understand what happened, it was the fatal "a E" combo...
> I will inquire if Window Eyes version of Elequence does the same thing.
> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Yardbird
> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:52 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: the fatal letter combination (was: jaws quits on the word c a e
> s u r e it knocks out jaws, could someone find out what makes certain
> words do this? Dave Hutchins Fw: typing error)
>
>
> I just realized something.  The culprit isn't the wrd, but the dipthong
> a e
> (I was careful not to type them without a space).  a couple of years
> ago, I
> had this problem in Jaws with the word (spell it out letter by letter;
> I'm
> afraid it may still cause trouble for someone) a e s t h e t i c.
>
> The problem was those two letters, not the specific word in which they
> appear.  Hope this helps, strategically.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Feist" <ccfeist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 9:18 AM
> Subject: RE: jaws quits on the word c a e s u r e it knocks out jaws,
> could
> someone find out what makes certain words do this? Dave Hutchins Fw:
> typing
> error
>
>
> Hi.  Could you tell us how you set it up so the offending word does not
> crash JAWS for you?  I'd be very interested in making the same
> adjustments.  Is this something you can do in Dictionary Manager?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Chris Feist - The one and only!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Matt Weaver
> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:01 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: jaws quits on the word c a e s u r e it knocks out jaws,
> could someone find out what makes certain words do this? Dave Hutchins
> Fw: typing error
>
> actually you're right.
> The originator wrote "the following screws up Jaws" then proceeds to
> type it with no spaces, so as not to cause anyone else's JAWS with
> Eloquence synthesizer from doing the same, while still showing us the
> word. Fortunately, I have come across this evil spelling of the word in
> other places, so have made definitions to say it the right way.  This is
> a huge error in Eloquence, and the company who created the synthe either
> doesn't know, or doesn't care to fix it or post how this can be done,
> other than to make dictionary entries to replace the original spelling
> with a modified one.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Eugene Baroni
> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:40 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: jaws quits on the word c a e s u r e it knocks out jaws,
> could someone find out what makes certain words do this? Dave Hutchins
> Fw: typing error
>
>
> I feel that if anyone else writes that word they should put on the
> removal list because they apparently aren't mature enough and have no
> empathy for anyone else.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene" <guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:47 PM
> Subject: Re: jaws quits on the word c a e s u r e it knocks out jaws,
> could someone find out what makes certain words do this? Dave Hutchins
> Fw: typing error
>
>
> Cute... did you get a good laugh?
>
>
>
> Thanks; Gene
>
> On MSN and Yahoo - guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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