This has always been a problem particularly with the Allyx voice. Occasionally it will also spell words out.
> On 25 Jan 2022, at 4:20 am, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > I don’t believe that you’d be able to fix that, other than for specific words > that you put in your pronunciation dictionary. There’s not really a generic, > “Do this for all things that start with” option. > > Later… > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Professional Learning Specialist > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Jan 24, 2022, at 08:23, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson0...@gmail.com >> <mailto:dgcarlson0...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> On my Mac, I’d like to find a simple solution for this. >> >> When I come across a word in all caps starting with the letters L and A VO >> will always say El A first and then the rest of the word. >> >> For example LAST is pronounced LA Street. LATHE is pronounced LA the. >> I know LA is Los Angeles so happy that it’s not saying that, but how can I >> un-train VO to stop saying El A for any all caps words starting with LA? >> >> LATER (yes LA Ter). >> >> Dave Carlson >> Woodworker, Oregonian, Pioneer, Musician, Engineer, and Farfar >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you >> can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> >> --- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/4F68B556-3CAD-4917-B1A9-C4364FAD1C1F%40gmail.com. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0BC2A4D3-B726-4218-ACF0-F76F91E943D2%40me.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0BC2A4D3-B726-4218-ACF0-F76F91E943D2%40me.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/E7E1E9C2-0284-4041-AC71-1E66E1113D82%40gmail.com.
