Philis, You may have made some change to the Jaws dictionary, insert D and applied it to all documents. Something like that happened to me some time ago and that was what it was. Can't remember details now. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 3:50 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] THE VANISHING APOSTROPHE
> Hi, > > IF this is a problem in Word or by extension Microsoft Outlook where the > Word editor option is used, not Outlook Express, I believe it may have > something to do with Smart Quotes. > > I notice that some people where I work have this, a symbol which looks > like the apostrophe is used. On my equipment though it is spoken as the = > (equals) sign. It doesn't always turn up like that but in the name 'Mara > it will speak O=Mara. Some other situations it does not. > > I don't understand the purpose for smart quotes or many of the other > features Word sets on as default. > > Anyway, maybe this will help you track down the problem. As someone else > mentioned, there is probably a symbol there but not one Jaws knows the > name for. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Siobhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:17 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] THE VANISHING APOSTROPHE > > >> John good job with her situation. The only other thing I can suggest, >> though I don't remember how to get there, is that she might've played >> with a >> setting where you can insert things like a accute, e accute and such >> things. >> I saw the double apostrophe, which I've never gotten jaws to not speak >> which >> is annoying. If that's the case Phyllis, I'll have to remember how to >> get >> there and show you what to do. Hope your problem is fixed. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:12 PM >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] THE VANISHING APOSTROPHE >> >> >>> Perhaps no one responded to your question Phyllis because they don't >>> know >>> the answer yet. I tried creating the same problem with my own Jaws and >>> the only thing I can think of is that you accidentally created an >>> exception entry in your Jaws dictionary file which then automatically >>> replaces the apostrophe with a space or nothing at all. >>> I would like to make 2 suggestions. >>> >>> 1. Go to your Jaws dictionary by pressing Insert J. As soon as the >>> file >>> opens, Jaws will tell you to press a series of keys which will bring up >>> the Jaws default dictionary. That is Control Shift D. >>> 2. Tab over until your cursor lands on the list of dictionary entries. >>> If the apostrophe is in there, it will probably be read but perhaps not. >>> Since you have in all likelihood created an exception, Jaws may not read >>> that character because the exception exists. So, if you find a place >>> where there should be an entry, but nothing appears to be there, then go >>> to the next step. >>> 3. Press your Tab key until you hear "Remove" or "Delete" which is >>> possible depending on which version of Jaws you have. >>> 4. Press Enter and that particular entry will be removed from your >>> list. >>> >>> This is assuming that your apostrophe is missing for that reason. Before >>> you exit this function, press Control S to save your changes. >>> >>> If you find this to be correct, here's the second suggestion. Jaws has >>> several different punctuation levels from All to Most, Some, None. You >>> may already know this. Set your punctuation level to Some and it >>> shouldn't read apostrophe characters at all in the normal course of >>> reading. >>> >>> Phyllis, I make no guaranties of this process. If your Jaws has >>> developed >>> some kind of unexplained quirk, then you might have to contact Freedom >>> Scientific's Technical Support group. But before you go that route, try >>> this out. While you're on the subject, does Jaws refuse to read the >>> apostrophe in all applications or just in certain ones? >>> If that is the case, then you may have created an exception for that >>> particular program such as Microsoft Word or Outlook Express. >>> Now as for the problem with Outlook Express, Flor is probably correct. >>> If >>> you load a word correction program from our Jaws users web site, you >>> will >>> have to get Outlook to recognize that program. I believe these settings >>> are somewhere in your Preferences section but Outlook Express is a bit >>> beyond my knowledge level when it comes to settings like that. >>> >>> Phyllis, that's the only thing I can think of. As our moderator would >>> say, HTH. 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