Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Chris Snyder
Another interesting issue with our dear Alex is that he will pronounce certain words one way while reading via the VO-A command versus when you interact with text and read it word by word or line by line. Friendly, Chris On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:59 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I notice this mostly

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Colin M
Hi all! I do not use Alex! I like Victoria and she also says the capital letter then the rest of the word! Someone else said in another thread that it could be how the message was sent I think she meant [ although I'm not sure ] hht or however its spelt! And my theory is messages coming from the

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! I have been wondering about that myself. I've noticed this happen in people only sending via Outlook, regardless if it is plane or HTML view on my end. it actually hasn't mattered much. I always have my messages in HTML view even those sent from others, and it only does it when it is an

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Oriol Gómez
I think it happens because Alex analyzes a paragraph before speaking it. That's like the issue with nambu and nahmbu, probably. When its a whole text that is read it is analyzed first. However, when it sees paragraphs such as in html it will see it as a whole thing. On 12/1/10, Nicolai Svendsen

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Sure hope others will write apple accessibility. Sent from my iPhone On 01/12/2010, at 3:41 AM, Nicolai Svendsen chojiro1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I have been wondering about that myself. I've noticed this happen in people only sending via Outlook, regardless if it is plane or HTML view

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
No I do think it is a vo problem as it happens on too many email including professionally prepared email. Sent from my iPhone On 01/12/2010, at 3:38 AM, Colin M velocity.focu...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all! I do not use Alex! I like Victoria and she also says the capital letter then the

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello, Apple has been aware of this problem since Snow Leopard was released. Since it hasn't yet been fixed, I can only assume that it's a particularly difficult problem to resolve. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-11-30 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Does anybody else run into the situation where Alex pronounces a capital letter then the rest of the word, like H ello. This drives me crazy and I don't know how to fix it. He will say my name as M arlaina for example. Thanks for any help saving my poor sanity! Marlaina -- You received

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-11-30 Thread Teresa Cochran
I notice this mostly in emails. I suppose it's one of those things to report to the accessiility team. Teresa On Nov 30, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Does anybody else run into the situation where Alex pronounces a capital letter then the rest of the word, like H ello. This

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-11-30 Thread Kimberly thurman
Happens to me all the time, usually in mail. Sometimes, Voice Over even skips the first letter of a word. On Nov 30, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Does anybody else run into the situation where Alex pronounces a capital letter then the rest of the word, like H ello. This

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-11-30 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I just wrote apple accessibility; hope you guys will, too. On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:00 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Happens to me all the time, usually in mail. Sometimes, Voice Over even skips the first letter of a word. On Nov 30, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Does anybody else

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-11-30 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Marlaina: I think this is more a function of how things are written. I've noticed mine doing the same thing, and thought perhaps people are sometimes shifting on the second letter while typing quickly. But, let's see what other feedback we get. Carolyn Haas On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:54 PM,