You can also change what's spoken for a punctuation sign in the
Customize Punctuation dialogue. For example, do you want all apostrophes
to be spoken as apostrophe, regardless whether they are apostrophes or
merely quote signs? Sometimes it depends on the speech synthesizer
you're yusing. Some punctuation signs are still not spoken when
punctuation is set to All, thus you can customize more (in the interests
of proof-reading, for instance). Some things just work better and are
worth it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose Combs" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] configuring punctuation in individual
applications
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
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