Hi Nic: Well, I played with it for a while, and decided just a few were enough. Some of the online listings could make one blush!:) Anyhow, funny thing, I've never ever had Jaws do this, so if they're there, they must not be ones that appear often. Anyhow, it was a fun toy for a bit. On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
> Hi! > > Or, you could find an online listing. I know there are lots of those, and > even emoticons that you've never even heard of. The only issue is that some > applications write smiley as :-), and other write it as :). I realize > VoiceOver will pronounce both of these, however, but that's just an example. > That requires more pronunciations added, but it's a fun time waster. I > suppose it may come in handy if someone is mad at you, but you don't know > what the angry smiley looks like. > > Regards, > Nic > GoogleTalk: [email protected] > Facebook > Twitter > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: [email protected] > Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 > AIM: cincinster > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Daniel Rowe wrote: > >> Hi. >> Jaws does actually have quite a few emoticons and abbreviations in the >> dictionary manager file for windows live messenger, so you could use that to >> find out what they are and add them to VO's pronunciation dictionary if >> you're so inclined. >> >> Dannie >> >> On 15 Nov 2010, at 21:41, Carolyn Haas wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone: >>> Ok, I have always been intrigued by the idea of emoticons, and I was just >>> blown away when I first heard Alex read the smiley emoticon. Well, of >>> course there are tons of these. But, as a blind person, I never had a clue >>> about how they were represented, nor did I care. But, with Vo making me >>> laugh every time I encountered a smiley, I finally broke down and had to >>> find out how to teach him some new ones. >>> So, I found a list of emoticons, and interacted with the text to learn how >>> differing ones are made. Perhaps I have too much time on my hands, but >>> I've had a great time discovering the kinds of things, (some naughty and >>> some nice) that people can make out of simple text characters. >>> What we did today in class was to go into VO Utilities, speech and >>> pronunciation where you can add new ones. Interesting, unless Alex is set >>> to recognize them, a blind user would never know they're even there! So, >>> someone could send some very interesting messages and we'd be none the >>> wiser.:( >>> >>> I don't know if Jaws has this capability, but I've never had my pc throw >>> smileys or other text-based representations at me in this way. So, I >>> thought others might appreciate this as well. >>> It would be interesting >>> to see if others are using others besides smiley and frown. >>> >>> CarolynCarolyn Haas >>> [email protected] >>> When you come to a fork in the road, >>> It's time to eat. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > Carolyn Haas [email protected] When you come to a fork in the road, It's time to eat. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
