Thank you much. I thought about that but wasn't sure if it would work, I'll let her know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws punctuation setting question
> You could try using Dictionary Manager to substitute space for > apostrophe. > I have not tried this with your setup. However I have done this to > substitute space for ( and ) as I have had to read a lot of legal > stuff > and Jaws reading every ( and ) irritated me. > > Technically you should be able to adjust this in configuration manager but > even with tech support present at my PC we could not successfully amend > punctuation settings. For some reason the settings did not work on my > version of Jaws 8, this sounds like the same problem you are getting. In > the end I resorted to the Dictionary Manager method which has worked > well. > > Regards > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ryan Perdue > Sent: Friday, 30 May 2008 23:11 > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] jaws punctuation setting question > > Here is a question from a friend. > I don't know the answer because I only use some punctuation. > Hi, all, > I have probably a very simple question here, but I can't figure it out. I > like to have my JAWS set to say all punctuation, because in my opinion, > JAWS > doesn't have enough expression to convey to me how people are saying > things. > Anyway, my question is this: I have it set to all punctuation, but I don't > want it saying ' in the middle of every contracted word, such as "don't, > doesn't, isn't, etc." How do I fix it so it won't do that? It's annoying, > but I don't want to set it to "most" punctuation, because then it won't > give > me periods and exclamation points. I know some of you prefer to read > without > the punctuation, but it personally bugs me because I can't glean the tone > of > a person's email when I do that. I've gone into utilities, as someone told > me to do, and tried to customize the punctuation that way, but it's still > giving me the ' in every contracted word. I may just have to live with it, > but if there's a way to change that, it would be great to know how. I'm > using JAWS 9. > > > for great music > check out my wife Rainee's two CD's and her webpage at > http://www.raineemusic.com > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
