ok, here's how its done, be sure to turn the numlock on so your numpad types numbers. while holding down the alt key, type on the numpad 0247 then release the alt key, when you do this, you will have the devided by symbol displayed like this ÷, on a braille display it looks like a slash with a dots 7 and 8 under it. the slash can be entered by holding down the alt key and typing in 47 (/. now with jaws, you can enter some of these synbols by pressing insert+numrow5 then down arrow down through the symbols and pressing enter on the one you want.
Legend has it that on Tuesday 11/20/2007 08:21 PM, Sarah said: >Wow how do you type ASCII symbols? I just got on >this thread so I've not ben paying attentio. that comes out right. > >SA&G >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:48 PM >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > >Ok, ASCII-code 247 is identified by JAWS 5.0 as the "divided by" symbol. Is >that what it should be? > >I used JFW 5.0 and 6.2 and they both say the same thing. > >Let's see if it comes through the e-mail the same as in NotePad. See >below... > >6÷3=2 > >hth > >Bob > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:09 AM >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > >OK, > >I picked a bad example, say ASCII 247. You can't type that one. > >You can have any application specific dictionary file and even any user and >application specific file at least in Jaws 7 I don't know about Jaws 5 the >one the student is using. > >Thanks. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:52 PM >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > The ASCII-code 39 character is the apostrophe character. I used that > > character as the original word and the word prime as the new word in the > > JAWS dictionary manager and that worked. I made that change for NotePad > > only, otherwise, the apostrophe character would always be called prime >where > > ever it appeared. You could do that in what ever application is > > appropriate. Just remember that the apostrophe character will be called > > prime any time it appears within that application, appropriate or not. > > There might be a way to make that pronunciation context sensitive within >the > > application but I don't know how. > > > > hth > > > > Bob > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Francis E. Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:44 AM > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > > > Whenever you find out how to do this, please share it with us. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dale Leavens > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 7:54 PM > > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > > > My daughter has a math student using JAWS 5. What ever they are using > > there are ASCII codes in the text such as ASCII 39 which represents prime. > > > > Is there a way to teach JAWS to say these ASCII characters? I am assuming > > maybe an escape code such as the backslash preceding the ASCII decimal >value > > in the dictionary manager? > > > > I am off to see what I can find in JAWS Help. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype DaleLeavens > > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > > or body of a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > > following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >or > > body of a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > > following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >or body of a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or >body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the >word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list >send a blank email to the following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the >word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list >send a blank email to the following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
