how did you do that? On 31 Jul 2014, at 02:51 am, Gabe Griffith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks. This did help. I have had people tell me that there is a single quote > in my email or text file when I meant to put in an apostrophe. I've tested > this and my apostrophe now works properly when I read a word back. > > Gabe > > > On Jul 29, 2014, at 10:42 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As I mentioned, you can disable them globally or just for specific apps. >> >> 1. To disable them globally. >> >> * Go to System Preferences. >> * Open the Keyboard pane. >> * Activate the Text tab. >> * Navigate to the "Use Smart Quotes and Dashes" checkbox and uncheck it. >> * Close your System Prefs. >> >> Smart Quotes will be disabled across all apps that support this feature. >> >> or... >> >> 2. To disable/enable Smart Quotes and more for specific apps. For example, >> Mail or TextEdit. >> >> * Up to the Edit menu. >> * Down to Substitutions. >> * Right to the sub-menu. >> * Uncheck the options you wish to uncheck. >> >> That should do it. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jul 29, 2014, at 9:39 PM, Gabe Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Not to sound like an imbecile, but how would you do what you talked about? >>> I have this happen as well and would be interested in disabling the smart >>> quotes. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gabe >>> >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 8:02 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Smart Quotes is usually on by default in Mavericks. So, the word "you're" >>>> will likely be placing an angled right apostrophe which VO will announce >>>> as such. To the sighted person, this sort of thing looks fine, but to the >>>> VO user, it sounds odd when listening. You can turn off Smart Quotes for >>>> all apps that support it from within the Text tab of the Keyboard pane of >>>> System Preferences. Or, you can turn it off for specific apps by going >>>> under the Edit menu, Substitutions and unchecking Smart Quotes for the >>>> given app that supports it. I usually just leave it on for most apps but >>>> have turned it off for TextEdit so that things work properly when pasting >>>> stuff into Terminal from TextEdit. >>>> >>>> HTH. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> You know, that would make sense, except this is happening in words like >>>>> you're, it's, there's. It's happening with all the words that I just >>>>> typed. >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Donna >>>>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Tyler Spivey <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It might be smart quotes. >>>>>> Googling osx disable smart quotes seems to bring up some guides, if you >>>>>> want to turn them off. >>>>>> For example, an apostrophe (') should turn into a right quotation mark >>>>>> ('), and a normal quotation mark (") should turn into either " or " >>>>>> depending on which end of the quotation you type. >>>>>> On 7/29/2014 3:01 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For some time now I've noticed that when I type an apostrophe, >>>>>>> Voiceover is speaking back to me that I typed a single right quotation >>>>>>> mark. What's going on here? And what is it actually typing? I can >>>>>>> get it to say "apostrophe" if I hit the key twice, then the second >>>>>>> press gives me an apostrophe, and then I can go back and delete the >>>>>>> first keystroke which is the single quotation, but that's just >>>>>>> ludicrous! Has anyone else seen this? 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