Damien,
This very issue came up recently on the NVDA list. I have pasted the
instructions and associated emails here for your reference.
Message from Ron Canazzi:
1. Insert + N for NVDA menu.
2. Choose preferences.
3. Choose symbols and punctuation pronunciation.
4. You are placed in a list of symbols. Press the apostrophe key and you
should hear something like tick equals tick.
5. Tab once and type in what you want this symbol to say (in your case
apostrophe.)
6. Tab again to a combo box that asks you what level you want this
pronunciation at (default is all is unless you want different cursors to speak
it differently, this should suffice.)
7. Tab once to a combo box tht says 'send actual punctuation to synthesizer.'
If you want NVDa pronunciation, the default 'never' is OK.
8. Tab to the add button and press space bar.
9. Make any other changes if you want, and then click add again and OK.
This should keep the changes permanent.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
On 2/2/2017 2:04 PM, Dennis L wrote:
How do I change it I somehow don’t see it in the symbles list now. I changed
it and didn’t do something right.
From: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Jaeger
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 1:54 PM
To: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [nvda] how to get NVDA to say Apostrophe instead of tick
Hi,
You can find this in NVDA menu > preferences > punctuation / symbol
pronunciation. Make sure you consider whether you really want three extra
syllables every time you encounter this symbol though. I'm a big fan of
efficient reading, and that's the main reason I haven't changed mine back. you
get used to it pretty quickly. Hope this helps.
Simon
On 2017-02-02 10:33, Dennis L wrote:
Hi, how do I get NVDA to say Apostrophe instead of tick.
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From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Damien O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 10:43 PM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] NVDA punctuation problem. : Re: System volume and mute
in windows 7.
Hi everyone.
Can anyone help with an NVDA and punctuation problem? I've followed the
instructions in the user guide to get NVDA to pronounce punctuation marks such
as a full stop as a dot and an exclamation mark as an exclamation mark not as
it currently ddoes a "bang" An apostrophe as apostrophe and not "tick".
I'm not sure what I've done, but in word documents, any time I use the full
stop, comma, quotes, etc, NVDA speaks them as other punctuation marks that I've
never heard of before. As I write this message, I notice that they have
reverted to the correct pronunciations now that I'm using outlook. Could this
just be a ms word thing? Or Have I got a bigger problem to solve?
Any thoughts?
Damien.
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From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John O'Regan
Sent: 09 December 2016 16:21
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: System volume and mute in windows 7.
Hi Damien,
I take it you don't have one of those fancy multimedia keyboards with the Mute
button on the top left! :) Okay, so here's what you do...
* Open Notepad and paste the following line of code into it:
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SendKeys chr(173)
* Save the file as: mute.vbs
* Create a desktop shortcut to mute.vbs
* Rename the shortcut to something helpful like:
Mute / Unmute System Volume
* Right-click on the desktop shortcut and select Properties.
* Pick a shortcut key. Must be a letter. Use M if it's available.
Your shortcut key will be Ctrl+Alt+M. Windows will add the Ctrl and Alt for
you.
* Select Minimized from the Run combo box.
* Click on OK and you're done!
Assuming everything went according to plan, whenever you press
Ctrl+Alt+M, your computer will fall silent. Press Ctrl+Alt+M again,
and sound will be restored.
For more nerdiness, read this article:
http://www.nilpo.com/2008/11/windows-xp/mute-sound-volume-in-wsh/
HTH!
John
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