Existing ones won't confert back, the option is only as you type them. Write a line with quotes included, being sure that the Smart Quotes setting is off (I don't know if it is a per-document setting or not) and see what happens then. Also give the pronunciation dictionary trick a shot, as other people will probably use smart quotes so you may never be rid of them entirely. On Jul 13, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, I tried turning off Smart Quotes directly in Pages itself through the > options you gave. Smart Quotes was checked. Unfortunately, after unchecking > it and my punctuation level being set to most I read a line or two that > contained quotes but Voiceover still wouldn't read them out to me. > > So, what would you advise me I do next. Pardon my ignorance, but what are > smart quotes anyway? > > If it helps I used shift and the key two letters to right of the L key. > > On 13 Jul 2014, at 21:16, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In Pages, go to the Edit menu, open the Substitutions submenu, and see if >> the option is checked in there. Also, and I haven't tried this, but what if >> you pasted in a "fancy" quote when adding a new entry to VO's pronunciation >> dictionary, and set the pronunciation to quote? That may, but may not, get >> the marks to be spoken correctly. >> On Jul 13, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Alex, I did read my own message with the mail app and it did read the >>> quotes out to me. With my puntuaion level set to most. >>> >>> What is this smart quote thing that you mentioned? Maybe I can take a look >>> and turn it off to see if that will work with Pages. >>> If you provide me with directions on how to do this, then I can try it and >>> report back to you if it worked or not. >>> >>> >>> On 13 Jul 2014, at 20:21, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Read your own message with punctuation set to most, and see if you hear >>>> the quotes. I did, and my level is at most. What I'm trying to work out is >>>> if this is specific to Pages somehow, or if it has to do with a >>>> substitution. I've noticed that when Smart Quotes is on, replacing normal >>>> quotes with those fancy opening/closing ones, the fancy ones are not >>>> spoken no matter what. Disabling this and using normal quotes eliminates >>>> the problem. >>>> On Jul 13, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys, using Pages 5.2 on the Mac and having my punctuation 1st set to >>>>> some then tested again with most, again, which also failed. >>>>> Is it possible to get Voiceover announce quotes when someone is speaking? >>>>> For example. >>>>> >>>>> James: "Hello, nice weather today isn't." >>>>> Jill: "Indeed it certainly is." >>>>> >>>>> Note that the quotes are not announced before and after the person has >>>>> spoken. >>>>> >>>>> Idealy, with punctuation set to most, I'd like to at least what one hears >>>>> say with Jaws and with most being set, quote marks are usually announced >>>>> by default with this punctuation setting. >>>>> >>>>> Any help with this would be really appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Daniel >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex Hall >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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