Hi Colin: That smiley came with Alex, and Silly as it sounds, it endeared me to him. It's the only one I easily remember, and I know I overuse it.:) Can't help myself.
Carolyn H On Feb 12, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Colin M wrote: > Hi There! > On some of the facebook versions there is a - between the : and the D so :-D > might work or not! > I used to put :-] on my emails but found that :] worked but the other version > works on fb! > It is also funny the ones that Carolyn put say smilie but the ones I've typed > do not [ go figure] > Colin > Qapla! > Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak > > On 12 Feb 2011, at 22:08, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Carolyn, Wes, Brett, and Others, >> >> I suspect the reason that you can't set up the VO pronunciation editor to >> speak emoticons for ":D" (colon d form big smile) and "<3" (less 3) is that >> you could get potential confusion in situations where you are normally >> typing with colons or in mathematical expressions. Can you imagine a >> passage where someone is using capital letters as a shortcut or code to >> refer to the names individuals (as sometimes occurs in books, or where one >> is reading paragraphs of a diary referring to people by their initials), and >> because there is no space between the colon and the "d" someone all of a >> sudden hears "laughing face" or "big smile"? That would really be >> confusing! Or, for example, someone who is trying to read a math equation >> comes to the part where an algebraic expression is less than 3, and hears >> "love" or "heart" in the middle? >> >> I'd imagine that the annoyance value of having VoiceOver substitute >> emoticons under these circumstances would be considerable. Just think of >> having to explain to your math teacher that you couldn't do your math >> homework because you've set up your screen reader to pronounce "<3" >> correctly for emoticons on Facebook. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >>> >>> Wes Smith wrote: >>> >>>> No, I was able to read each character, and I entered it right. There is >>>> no other :D symbol or anything. The only thing I can think of, is that >>>> it's some sort of weird bug. I can't do <3 for love or heart either. I >>>> emailed the Apple people, told them my situation, asked them what was >>>> going on. It just bugs the heck outta me when I'm trying to read a >>>> Facebook post, and someone's used emoticons....which is quite frequent >>>> with my friends and I. Maybe someone else has a suggestion. >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
