Sarah That's precisely why interpretation should not happen. The screen-reader should read what's on screen and not what it thinks is meant by something. Sure, give the user the option to change it if they prefer. But don't force these abbreviations on us.
Gordon On 30 Aug 2011, at 17:37, Sarah Alawami wrote: but that's the thing. what might be writ to one person might not be write to another. I read and write things that are right to me and are supposed to be pronounced x or y way, how ever the screen reader vender should not decide for us what is correct and what is not. Take care all. On Aug 30, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hello Sarah > > The point here, even if you can modify the pronunciation dictionaries is that > you shouldn't have too. The screen-reader should read what is present on > screen not what somebody else thinks was meant. > > On 30 Aug 2011, at 16:17, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > You can just edit the dictionary and see if that works. I do that a a lot. > for words the tI know it will mispronounce, like my name lol! and it read the > dates and times correctly in that message btw and I"m using the default > voices. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
