In other screen-readers, I took a big list of emoticons and just added them to
the pronunciation dictionary. It was a little work, but easy . I was pleasantly
surprised not to have to do so much of that with Alex and VO.
The funniest results I've had with adding manually were the names of the dr
Hi Nic:
Well, I played with it for a while, and decided just a few were enough. Some
of the online listings could make one blush!:)
Anyhow, funny thing, I've never ever had Jaws do this, so if they're there,
they must not be ones that appear often.
Anyhow, it was a fun toy for a bit.
On Nov 16
Hi!
Or, you could find an online listing. I know there are lots of those, and even
emoticons that you've never even heard of. The only issue is that some
applications write smiley as :-), and other write it as :). I realize VoiceOver
will pronounce both of these, however, but that's just an exa
Hi.
Jaws does actually have quite a few emoticons and abbreviations in the
dictionary manager file for windows live messenger, so you could use that to
find out what they are and add them to VO's pronunciation dictionary if you're
so inclined.
Dannie
On 15 Nov 2010, at 21:41, Carolyn Haas wrot
Gosh, you should share some with us! Alex is the boss! Move over Springstein.
On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote:
Hi everyone:
Ok, I have always been intrigued by the idea of emoticons, and I was just
blown away when I first heard Alex read the smiley emoticon. Well, of course
t
Woe, never put Alex in the same boat as jaws, jaws might be thrown overboard
and eaten at the supper table! That is real cool, never knew what those
emoticons looked like, w have to check out! Heather
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Hi everyone:
Ok, I have always been intrigued by the idea of emoticons, and I was just
blown away when I first heard Alex read the smiley emoticon. Well, of course
there are tons of these. But, as a blind person, I never had a clue about how
they were represented, nor did I care. But, with V
