Ted,
The ampersand character is considered a miscellaneous character by Window-Eyes, so if you want to hear it spoken, you must do one of two things. In method one, you must set the screen> punctuation> miscellaneous combo box to "on." If you do this, you will not only hear the ampersand spoken, but some other symbols as well. Here's how. Control backslash to open the WE control panel. Press Alt E to focus on the settings tree view. Press the letter S to land on the Screen node. Right arrow, then down arrow to punctuation. Tab to the miscellaneous combo box and arrow down to the "on" setting. Press Control S to save the settings change. The second method, for which Manny has already prepared you by walking you through how to add an entry to the character dictionary, involves using the dictionary only setting in the miscellaneous combo box. If you choose dictionary only, then other miscellaneous characters like the dollar sign will not be spoken unless you enter a definition for them in the character dictionary in the same way as when you followed Manny's instructions. Just follow the above directions and substitute "dictionary only" in the miscellaneous combo box instead of on. Don't forget to save your settings, or they will be lost when Window-Eyes closes. Lou N. _____ From: Yahoo Online Services [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: how do you make window-eyes read ampersand as a word instead of staying silent? Dear List: Earlier, I was shown how to replace the sound of a character in the Window-eyes dictionary in the control panel. Now, what I am trying to do is make the ampersand character speak when it is read as a word, such as in the phrase bacon & eggs. When reading by word or the read all command, window-eyes does not speak the ampersand character between bacon and eggs. Only when I read by character, will it say the ampersand character. How do I accomplish this so the read word or read line or read all commands will pronounce the symbol as a word? Thanks. Regards: Ted Larson If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
