Hi Bud, The problem that you're having with words being mispronounced that are connected by an em dash is caused by the particular speech engine that you are using. I use ETI eloquence and have no pronunciation problems. If you use a different speech engine, I'll bet you notice a difference. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:29 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted Outtakes from a Marriage Hi Cindy, Thanks for the info. I'll try it the next time. I'm not too familiar about the various kind of dashes. I use the dash just to the right of zero at times. Would that one do and should there be a space before and after? I'll try it on an old book here that I have already sent in just in case I ruin it. Good luck to me. Bud At 12:21 AM 8/29/2008, you wrote: >yes and no. We are supposed to keep em dashes without spaces, but >actually we are supposed to change them from em dashes to double >single dashes, or hyphens, perhaps for the very reason you mention. > >Cindy > > > One thing bothers me not just about this book but > > in most > > books they seem to use a dash between two words with no > > spaces, and > > when it reads back, at least with Kurzweil, it > > mispronounces a lot of > > it and usually doesn't sound the first letter of the > > second > > word. This has been bothering me for some time now. Are > > we just > > supposed to leave it that way? Anybody else running into > > that? > > > > > > > > Bud Schwab > > W 6 Z Y P > > Malibu, California > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > > line. To get a list of available commands, put the word > > 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.