See my comments below. Sarai D. Bucciarelli
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Parks Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:21 PM To: BN Mailing List Subject: [Braillenote] A few KeyNote Gold suggestions Hi all, but mainly HW staff, I use KeyNote Gold instead of Eloquence, if I use speech at all. I have been using more and more speech lately, and have noticed a few things: 1. When a letter is capitalized, it is raised in pitch when spoken. All letters, that is, except i. Haven't noticed about the I. Whether small or capital, i is said at the same pitch. 2. The pronunciation dictionary, or maybe even the code itself, could allow exceptions to pronunciation rules. By that I mean you would almost never say, "their lives", you would say, "their lyves". Having to choose between lives and lyves could be avoided by setting up these exceptions. "They wind", as opposed to "they wynd", is another example. Don't know if that would be technically possible, think of all the exceptions. Good thought though. 3. Semicolons are treated as periods, not semicolons, so that a sentence containing a semicolon sounds more like two sentences. Similarly, exclamation points sound like periods. Go to option then review voice, change the punctuation levels, the higher you go, the more punctuation is spoken. Overall, I much prefer KeyNote Gold to Eloquence, and would much rather my Jaws spoke with KeyNote Gold. That would be really nice; have the sound of the remote synthesizer but with no remote hardware. Sorry, that is for Jaws, not the BN's. Personally, I prefer Key Note too, especially in Spanish. Alex ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
