hi doug, its fine the way it is in my opinion. i personally wouldn't like a dictionary file. agreed with you on the short phrases one. i to, also would want to know what people typed.
orhan. On Monday, March 31, 2008 11:36 AM Doug Lee wrote: > I guess I'll open a discussion on this one. The main reason I haven't > done this yet, other than time, is that what to translate with a JAWS > dictionary is something of a matter of opinion, and opinions vary. > For example, I personally do not want "btw" translated to "by the > way"; I want to know what a person actually typed. If I add Skype.jdf > to the file set, everyone's personal Skype dictionary will be wiped > out and replaed on every script update. My inclination, because of > this, would be rather to post directions on how to do what you did. > The installer could be made to do that too I expect, giving the user > the option to do it or not to do it. > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:06:55AM +0200, Gordan Radic wrote: > Hello all, Doug's attention required:)! > > Using the last three or four script revisions, I really missed > speaking > smileys, acronims and some things similar to them. I often use > smileys in > chats, not to mention phrases like BTW, CU etc, so, since there was no > dictionary in scripts, I "stole" MSN .jdf file and renamed it to > "skype.jdf". > This funtions perfectly, as long as you disable graphic presentation > of > emoticons in Skype, much like you do in MSN. > And now, what was I going to say? > Doug, can you make an original Skype dictionary file for the next rev > of > scripts? I really find it very useful, and if you adjust some existing > dictionary as I did with MSN's you won't lose much time, and I (and > hopefully lot of other people) will be really grateful. > Thanks for listening! > > Regards > G > > MSN: zarakijel at gmail.com > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for > the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
