This is an excellent suggestion. It is especially important for users of the Voice Note, and since many of those I teach are Voice Note users, I would love to see something like this implemented if possible.
-----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. 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. 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. 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. 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
