I think these weird pronunciations are tied to the specific speech synthesizer in use. Might be wrong, but that's what I think based on observation. I used to love pronunciation dictionaries. I spent a long time perfecting the one I had for a speech synthesizer in the K-1 thousand program. Then that speech synthesizer went away. And I just never got back to it. I think what they should do is simply let you see the abbreviation as it is and figured out for yourself. Override any speech synthesizer preferences and just give me what is written on the page, just like with the sighted people see. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2016, at 3:05 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jonathan, > > Hope you don't mind me responding here, rather than on your webpage. > > I would like to extend the parameters of your final wish, pertaining to > the pronunciation dictionary. I would like to see a toggle which would allow > me to stop VO making smart choices re abbreviations. If "mon" is in the text, > I do not want to hear "monday". "feat" should not become "featuring" etc. I > write a lot in Italian, even when the keyboard is set to the Italian and VO > is speaking in Italian, when I write "tue" I always hear "tuesday". There are > dozens of these and they drive me mad!!!! I would like a toggle that will > read what is on the screen, exactly as it is and not interpreted for me. > > Since IOS 9.3, every word that begins with "no" followed by just one > letter, so, "not" "now" "nor" "non" and so on, is pronounced as "no" I think > this is just more of the same. > > I have got so used to Daniel saying "number" instead of "no" when reading > books that I find myself saying it too! > > Finally, although this can be amusing, those of us who are power users of > these devices can become corrupted by them. This applies to PC screen-readers > too! I hear other people speaking/pronouncing like Jaws or Daniel, in real > life and, in my opinion, this could actually become a problem, especially for > young ones relying upon the technology for their education. > > Thanks for starting this conversation! > > Slainte, Sandy. > > sent from the dark side of the moon > >> On 2 Jun 2016, at 23:15, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone. Here's my annual blog post that I write ahead of Apple's WWDC >> conference, highlighting my top 10 wish list for the next version of iOS. >> Feel free to take a read, and share your own wishes in the comments to the >> blog post. >> http://mosen.org/the-top-10-things-id-like-in-ios-10/ >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
