Let me just chime in here, and give a third possible solution to your issue.
In a couple more days, the Extended Dictionary app will be released. Once you
have downloaded and installed it, you can make a simple entry like:
&= and
in your Extended Dictionary. It then will speak out the ampersand whenever it
occurs.
What's more, you can make the entry in a Dictionary that is tied up with one
particular voice, and only make the sign be spoken when you use that voice. Or,
you can enter it in a dictionary tied up with a given software, and only have
it spoken in MSWord for instance, whilst it won't be spoken in your Email
client; if such is your wanting.
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: how do you make window-eyes read ampersand as a word instead of
staying silent?
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.
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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
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