thanks Tom for the very detailed explanation. I think my concern however was in setting the miscellaneous punctuation to dictionary only, for when you do that, you lose all the other characters you may have heard. somehow, in this very twisty discussion, I thought you were recommending she switch to dictionary only? if so, that's what I had concerns about.
Chip -----Original Message----- From: Tom Kingston [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:24 PM To: Traci Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: how can I make WE speak a character It depends on how you want it to work. If you just turn miscellaneous punctuation on the character will be voiced using whatever name is assigned to it in the character set, such as: one half. But let's say you'd rather it voice: "a half." Then you can place it in your character dictionary and assign that name to it. There's two ways you can place it in your character dictionary. Place the mouse pointer on it, or, use Shift+Left or Right Arrow to select it and Control-C to copy it. Now press Control-Shift-E to open the exception dictionary dialog. Tab to the character dictionary button if it's not in focus and press enter. If you used the mouse the character should already be placed in the "Original" edit box. Otherwise, use Control-V to paste it there. Tab to the "Replacement" edit box and enter what you want voiced. Tab down through the remaining options and set them. Then Tab to OK and press enter. Now open the Window-Eyes control panel and save the character dictionary. Hth, Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Traci" <[email protected]> To: "gwInfo" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:52 PM Subject: Re: how can I make WE speak a character > Yes, how did you do it? > > Also, does we speak the actual symbol ½ ? > > Traci > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Kingston" <[email protected]> > To: "Traci" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:44 AM > Subject: Re: how can I make WE speak a character > > >> If you don't want all miscellaneous characters spoken, define the >> character in your character dictionary. Then be sure to save that >> dictionary. Then open the Window-Eyes control panel, Alt-S Screen, U >> Punctuation, and set miscellaneous to dictionary only. Then be sure to >> save the set file. >> >> Hth, >> Tom >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Traci" <[email protected]> >> To: "gwInfo" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:46 PM >> Subject: Re: how can I make WE speak a character >> >> >>> Have you received a reply to this? >>> >>> I've been googling and playing around with we, and I can't get it to do >>> it either. >>> >>> I looked in the graphic dictionaries, but I must confess, I don't know >>> anything about those. >>> >>> This is a head scratcher, and now I want to solve the puzzle! Lol! >>> >>> Traci >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Carol and Roger" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:20 AM >>> Subject: how can I make WE speak a character >>> >>> >>>>I have been trying to get this symbol, ½ (one half) to be spoken by WE. >>>>I have tried labeling it with the exception and the character >>>>dictionary. It speaks when the cursor passes over it, but does not speak >>>>in reading, for example, when arrowing down by line. Can someone help >>>>as it is difficult to looc for things like sizes and measurements >>>>without reading each space. Any help is appreciated. >>>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>>> sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>>> message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >>>> message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>>> >>>> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >>>> manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >>>> >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >>> only. 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