en.wikipedia.org and thefreedictionary.com are best for all such questions.
On 5/12/08, Subramani L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are symbols (not to be mistaken for letters or alphabets) that > represent sounds that are unique to a language. Especially, those sounds > that are not captured by usual letters are represented in symbols. This > is useful when you look up the dictionary to find out the meaning of a > new word --you can learn the pronunciation of the word by looking at the > symbols. > > Subramani > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anubha > Bhargava > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Reading phonemic symbols with JAWS 9.0 > > Hello friends, > Could any1 of u pls tell me, what is meant by 'phonemic symbols'? > What are they used for & where? > Many thanks in advance & best regards. Anubha. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amiyo Biswas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:44 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Reading phonemic symbols with JAWS 9.0 > > > > Hello Suresh, > > > > How is it useful to you? I did not really understand. Rather I have > > modified > > the eloq.sbl file available from > > > ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/Tools/eloq.zip > > and modified relevant portion of it to read Bengali characters. It is > > almost > > the same as the IPA_sbl in method. It enables me to read and write > Bengali > > character by character. You can also modify relevant portion of the > file > > to > > read characters in other Indian languages. I am just showing some > > examples: > > The original file contained: > > symbol1940=U+0995 10101010 Bengali K > > I revised it as: > > symbol1940=U+0995 10101010 kaw > > > > It needs some patience, but it works. The format may be like the one > in > > the > > IPA_sbl.txt file. In that case jaws will not recognise the Bengali > vowels. > > The synth setting value 10101010 must be provided to make sure that > jaws > > announces it at all levels of punctuation verbosity. Most probably, > these > > unicode symbols are treated as punctuation marks and hence, jaws > always > > has > > a questioning tone while pronouncing these characters. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Amiyo. > > > > Cell: +91-9433464329 > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [AI] Reading phonemic symbols with JAWS 9.0 > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> If you open the link that I have mentioned earlier, you can find > steps to > >> copy the file "ipa_sbl.txt" We have to copy and paste those symbols > in > >> eloq.sbl under the language we use. For example, if you use US > language, > >> you need to paste those symbols. for further details please read and > > follow > >> the steps given in that link. Hope it will help you. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Amiyo Biswas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:16 PM > >> Subject: Re: [AI] Reading phonemic symbols with JAWS 9.0 > >> > >> > >> > Hello Suresh, > >> > > >> > How can I use it? Is it like eloq.sbl? > >> > > >> > Best regards, > >> > > >> > Amiyo. > >> > > >> > Cell: +91-9433464329 > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:29 PM > >> > Subject: Re: [AI] Reading phonemic symbols with JAWS 9.0 > >> > > >> > > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> Please find the following link to download ipa_sbl.txt > >> >> > >> >> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~reng/jaws-ipa.html > >> >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: "Amiyo Biswas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> To: <[email protected]> > >> >> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:43 PM > >> >> Subject: Re: [AI] Reading phonemic symbols with JAWS 9.0 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Hello Suresh, > >> >> > > >> >> > I don't know about ipa_sbl.txt. I also use a modified version of > >> > eloq.sbl > >> >> > for reading Bengali characters and it is working in jaws 9. Let > me > > know > >> >> > about ipa_sbl.txt. How can I get it, if possible? > >> >> > > >> >> > Best regards, > >> >> > > >> >> > Amiyo. > >> >> > > >> >> > Cell: +91-9433464329 > >> >> > > >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> > From: "Suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:55 AM > >> >> > Subject: [AI] Reading phonemic symbols with JAWS 9.0 > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> >> Dear Friends, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> JAWS 9.0 is not reading phonemic symbols. Earlier I copied the > > script > >> >> > from > >> >> >> "ipa_sbl.txt" and pasted in eloq file. it enabled Earlier > versions > > of > >> >> > JAWS > >> >> >> to read phonemic symbols. I did the same with JAWS 9.0, but it > is > > not > >> >> >> reading. 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