I have never bothered to customize punctuation in this manner and it sounds counter intuitive to me. I have not used Word at home enough the past few months to know, but in Jaws 9 which I have at work I set the punctuation level to read most in Word and to read some in the rest of the programs I use and all works fine, think I did it in the say text dialog but, again, it was over four years ago when I set that up and have not been back to change it since.
My work supposedly is getting 13 for me this fall, nothing like always being behind, and very occasionally when looking for something either place I get confused between 9 and 13 and sit there for a few seconds trying to remember which version accessed what in a given manner. Rose Combs [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] configuring punctuation in individual applications You could customize your punctuation in Microsoft Word. Open its Settings Center (or JAWS Configuration manager), then choose alt-s for Settings , p for Punctuation. UNDERSTAND that the customize punctuation dialogue works counter to how the JAWS general punctuation settings are spoken. If you customize a sign's punctuation setting to NONE, it means there in the application you're setting the values for that that punctuation sign will never be silenced. Conversely, if you were to customize a particular punctuation sign to ALL, that means that it will always be silenced where you are setting it. After you have customized your punctuations in word to your requirements, I would then go and lower the general punctuation for JAWS. In an application or program, the customized punctuation settings take precedence over the general JAWS punctuation settings. Just remember that they work oppositely, (as eoutlined above). Also be aware that some speech synthesizers are hard-wired to speak certain signs; the apostrophe ' for example being one of Eloquence's bugbears. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherri" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:48 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] configuring punctuation in individual applications >I am using Jaws 12, which I just installed and running Windows XP. I do >work > where it is necessary to have all the punctuation read when in > Microsoft > Word. It looks like the only way to change punctuation is in the > default > configuration settings, but I don't want every application reading > punctuation levels. How do I change punctuation levels for individual > applications? I have been playing with this for quite some time and > can't > figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. > > Sherri > Sherri > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
