Good morning. Oh, the beauties of switching to newer software! some benefits, but also difficulties that I hadn't expected. In Jaws 9, I set the dictionary to give pauses when Jaws encounters dashes. actual words - - replacement word ), ),
along with other dashes such as -- - -- but in Jaws 17, I find that my neat little custom rules don't apply anymore. Jaws keeps running through the sentences without any pauses. I have my punctuation set to None; would that have a bearing? Maybe you can help solve this riddle. For the record, here are some of my favorite pronunciation fixes. Maybe they'll help you with some nagging pronounced errors that you keep hearing. I've found that for newer versions of Jaws, if you're going to make dictionary entries with mainly capital letters, you need to check the Case Sensitive box. IS = Aye S Anabaptist = Anabaptisst Anabaptists = Anabaptissts survivalist = survighvalist 1:1 = 1 to 1 401(k) = 4o1K Amish = Ahmish apostate = aposstayte aquifer = aaquifer Assange = asonje ATT = AT&T behemoth = biheehmoth bejeezus = bejeezzuss block quote = quote Breitbart = Brightbahrt complicit = complissit Dr. = doctor Ecuadorian = Ehquadorian encrypted = encriptedd genocidal = genocighdal gobbledygook = goobldegooc hullabaloo = hullabullOo hypertrophy = hypirrtrofy impregnated = impregnneighted jihadis = jihahdeez Jr. = junior kinda = kyenda macular = mhacular Mr and Mr. = Mister same with Misses No. 1 = Number one oligarch = oligark Penelope = Paneloppy propagandist = propagandisst RIP = Rest in Peace scoliosis = skoaleeohsis serotonin = serotoanin WhatsApp = What'sApp x 3 = times 3 xenophobe = zenofoab See you, Ande For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
