Hi Chris, If you can't copy the character there will be no way to put an entry into the dictionary manager for it. I made a mistake when I said the ASCII character 8203 was a, mail symbol. I used the word mail, spelled,M, A, I, L. It is actually supposed to be, M, A, L, E, as in a man's symbol. I did an ASCII character 8204, & it is a female symbol. I have no idea what or how Facebook works since I am not involved with any Social Networking groups. I do certainly hope that you can get the problem resolved but, from the way it looks the dictionary manager won't be of any help. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Feist To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Can I use the JAWS dictionary to notread Unicode characters? HI. When I read current line, what it says Is question mark, or sometimes it acts like a question mark and makes the word sound like it's asking a question. But if I put the cursor on this character, it says absolutely nothing. Not even blank. It's completely silent. But if I hit the current character key three times, it tells me that it's ASCKI character 8 2 zero 3. I tried to copy this character, but it just says "nothing selected". So, as far as I can tell, I can't have the JAWS dictionary ignore these strange Unicode characters, if that's what they are. I'm really confused on what this even is. I can barely read statuses on the mobile site of Facebook anymore since so many of these characters are appearing in the posts. It's maddening. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike & Barbara In Arcadia Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 7:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Can I use the JAWS dictionary to not read Unicodecharacters? Hi Chris, When I typed the ASCII 8203 into a new blank email it read as, " mail symbol ." Is that what you hearing when Jaws is reading. I ask this because in your example you used, question mark. So, is Jaws saying, mail symbol or question mark? If you can type the ASCII symbol, you can then copy the symbol, paste it into the Jaws dictionary manager actual word field, then in the replacement word field put a space with the spacebar. At least it is worth a try. If it doesn't work you can go into the dictionary manager and delete the entry. Hope this works for you. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Feist To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 1:08 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Can I use the JAWS dictionary to not read Unicodecharacters? Hi. Is it possible to enter the ASCKI character 8 2 zero 3 in the JAWS dictionary somehow? There's this strange character that began appearing in much of the posts all over Facebook, and it only seems to be read allowed by screen-readers, not visually seen. It disrupts the flow of the sentences, sounding something like this: HI, How is everbod question mark y doing? I' question mark m doing fine. It's awful. Since I doubt Facebook will fix whatever they broke last week, especially since they can't see it on the screen, I thought I'd try to take matters into my own hands and see if I can force JAWS to ignore this strange character so JAWS will read each sentence properly like before. So, if it's possible, how do I enter this ASCKI character 8 2 zero 3 in the JAWS dictionary edit field? Thanks. Chris Feist - The one and only! "Don't walk behind me I will not lead, don't walk in front of me I will not follow, just walk beside me and be my friend." - Author unknown For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
