[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question Regarding British Quotes
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:38:15 -0700 (PDT)
I suppose this is asking too much of a reader, but
maybe it's something that whizzes like Jake, when he
gets out of school, or Gerald could do.
I don't suppose there's a way of having the JAWS voice
change when it reads dialogue, or things that are
quoted. Then it wouldn't have to read punctuation
marks, at least quotation marks, at all. The
narrator's voice would be one thing and the voice that
reads the quotes would be another.
Monica, if you turned off the punctuation, would it be
too confusing, or does that not turn of quotation
marks?
Cindy R
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why not use the pronunciation dictionary and make it
> say something you like
> better. I did that with the dot, dot, dot, so now
> it says ellipsis instead.
> Perhaps you could change the apostrophe to "single
> quote", or something else
> distinctive so you can still tell it apart from the
> standard American double
> quote? If you don't like it saying "apostrophe",
> you could even make it say
> "bleh", instead, if you want. <smile> I could be
> wrong, but I think the
> dictionary is sufficiently flexible to allow
> punctuation marks to be spoken
> differently.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:50 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question Regarding
> British Quotes
>
>
> > LOL! Ok, I take your point. How about we fix
> Jaws so it won't read the
> > apostrophes or mispronounce words because there's
> an apostrophe next to
> > it? That's really the root of the problem for me
> and is why I change
> > quotes. I even tried changing to the British
> voices to see if they would
> > handle single quotes better. No joy there. I
> figure my only options at
> > this point are to chain myself to the FS office
> doors in protest, or I can
> > fix quotes. I elected to change quotes because
> I'm saving my chaining act
> > for something really important, like getting an
> update for Openbook.
> > (grin)
> >
> > Monica Willyard
> >
> > On Tuesday 10/10/2006 04:55 PM, you wrote:
> >>Hi, Monica. What an awesome idea. First, we
> reform their position on
> >>quotes and the floodgates will open. We'll fix
> their spelling, make them
> >>drive on the right (pun intended), side of the
> road and more things I
> >>can't think of off the top of my head. Oh yeah,
> make them dial 911
> >>instead of9 99. That'll fix 'em! British reform,
> it's not your Great
> >>Great Great Great grandfather's Boston Tea party
> anymore. <grins>
> >>
> >>Lisa
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica
> Willyard"
> >><plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:28 AM
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question Regarding
> British Quotes
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>Bleh! I don't suppose there's any way to reform
> the Brits and teach
> >>>>them to use quotes, is there? In the books I
> scan, they are changed by
> >>>>a batch processer I use because hearing Jaws say
> apostrophe all the time
> >>>>annoys me. That really doesn't answer your
> question though. I don't
> >>>>know what the official position is on quotation
> marks. I would think
> >>>>that your text should look fine for the Braille
> folks since all they'll
> >>>>see is an apostrophe like Jaws does.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Monica Willyard
> >>>
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