If you want it to be global just put it in the standard char.chr
dictionary. Below are the instructions from the manual. Note at the end
how you can associate it with the font. That would cut down on hash tag
being voiced in other programs using other fonts.
The unicode value is 23. So you'd enter "/x23" without the quotes. Note
the slash.
The Character Dictionary The character dictionary functions like the
pronunciation dictionary. The difference is that Window-Eyes uses the
character dictionary to alter its pronunciation of any Unicode
character, whether it is surrounded by other characters or is displayed
alone on the screen.
To add an entry to a Window-Eyes character dictionary:
Press the Edit Dictionaries hot key, which is Control-Shift-E by
default, to reach the dictionaries settings group in the Window-Eyes
control panel. Or, press Control-Backslash, and press "D" until you
reach the "Dictionaries" settings group.
Press the right arrow to expand the node.
Press the down arrow until the Character option is selected.
Tab to the "Original" edit box, and type the character whose
pronunciation you want to change. If your mouse pointer was on a
character when you pressed Control-Shift-E, then this box will already
contain it.
Tab to the "Replacement" edit box, and enter the text Window-Eyes should
speak when it encounters the character.
Tab to the "Update Entry" button, and press the Space Bar to add the
newly defined character definition to the dictionary.
You can Tab to the list of defined characters and remove either a single
entry, or you can delete all character entries in the active dictionary
at once. See the detailed explanation of the Window-Eyes control panel
later in this user's guide for additional information about these controls.
If you wish to define a character which cannot be typed from the
keyboard, you can use an alternative method. For example, an Unicode 147
is often used as a quote symbol. But this character cannot easily be
typed from the keyboard. You can use the following to make an entry for
this character:
/x147
Simply start the entry with the Slash key followed by the Unicode value
of the character you want to define.
If the character was automatically placed in the original edit box
because you pressed the Edit Dictionaries hot key with the mouse pointer
sitting on the character, you will also have the option of associating
the font of the character in question with the entry. That is,
Window-Eyes will only voice the replacement text for the character if
both the character name and font match what is stored in the dictionary.
On 1/14/2016 6:00 PM, Chris Skarstad via Talk wrote:
Hi Tom
Since I use a twitter client that works globally anywhere in Windows, I
would need something that works globaly, instead of something program
specific. I get so used to using something that integrates itself into
Windows, that I forgot to mention that. Unless what you're saying can be
set to work globally, as in anywhere within Window-eyes itself? The
twitter client I use, called TW Blue allows you to use either a user
interface, or you can hide the interface and use specific keystrokes in
conjunction with the control and windows keys to read tweets.
I'm sorry for not being so clear about how it would have to be global.
Thanks.
On 1/14/2016 5:39 PM, Tom Kingston wrote:
Chris,
While in your browser open the Window-Eyes control panel.
Go to Dictionaries, Status, Character dictionaries include program
dictionary, and check it.
This should create a dictionary such as IE.chr for IE.
F6 back to Status and arrow down to Character dictionary.
Then tab to Original and Replacement and enter the number sign and
hash tag respectively.
Keep tabbing down and you should see that it's in the IE.chr or
whatever browser you're using character dictionary.
Keep going until you hit the Save button and activate it.
Hth,
Tom
On 1/14/2016 5:16 PM, Chris Skarstad via Talk wrote:
Hi guys!
Every so often I have an idea, but don't necessarily have the scripting
chops to make it happen. More and more nowadays, people are using
hashtags on social media like Facebook, and especially twitter. Hashtags
are huge on there. As it is now, Window-eyes does not announce what the
hashtag actually is, so I was thinking it'd be kind of nice to be able
to hear the words "hash tag" before the actual text of the hashtag
itself. For those not familiar, a hashtag is a series of characters
proceeded by a number sign. If the hashtag is multiple words, it all
gets run together. To make them understood a little better, some people
will put capital letters at the beginning of each word so it's easier to
tell what it's actually saying.
For example, if you're watching Monday Night Football and you're
tweeting about it, you would use the #MNF hashtag. So for example, if
you saw a tweet with that particular hashtag, Window-eyes would say,
hash tag MNF, instead of number mnf.
I atempted to do this with the pronunciation dictionary, but didn't
have much luck, since the text of the hashtag is constantly going to be
different. I'm wondering if there's a way to do this in Window-eyes
itself, or would a script have to be written to achieve this? Also, I'm
sure that not everyone wants this behavior all the time, so a setting to
disable it would be good too. Like I said I'm totally not a scripting
guru, but as I was going through tweets one night, I thought to myself
that it'd be nice to have this functionality. Let me know if this is
even doable, and if so, how I can make this happen.
Thanks guys!
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