Alex, at least, is supposed to act on whole paragraphs, but I don't know how other synthes handle things.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2016, at 12:41 PM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I agree this has to be the default, as so many abbreviations are > context-sensitive, as in that "Cal" example, and a good many > others, for which the synth takes no account. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Otten" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 2:38 PM > Subject: Re: The Top 10 Things I'd like in iOS 10 > > > 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. 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