actually, there is a point: does voice-over behave in the same way across all the different English-speaking voices? do they all do the same thing with regard to abbreviated acronyms? and what about other languages? I haven't noticed the Italian voice doing this with Italian text, but… Sandy
sent from the dark side of the moon > On 3 Jun 2016, at 12:10, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > > Hi Sandy, a big amen to this one. I remember a long time ago, I had a speech > synthesiser that told me of a place in Israel named "phone number Aviv". It > still makes me laugh. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > >> On 3/06/2016, at 10:05 PM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone >> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jonathan, >> >> Hope you don't mind me responding here, rather than on your webpage. >> >> I would like to extend the parameters of your final wish, pertaining to >> the pronunciation dictionary. I would like to see a toggle which would allow >> me to stop VO making smart choices re abbreviations. If "mon" is in the >> text, I do not want to hear "monday". "feat" should not become "featuring" >> etc. I write a lot in Italian, even when the keyboard is set to the Italian >> and VO is speaking in Italian, when I write "tue" I always hear "tuesday". >> There are dozens of these and they drive me mad!!!! I would like a toggle >> that will read what is on the screen, exactly as it is and not interpreted >> for me. >> >> Since IOS 9.3, every word that begins with "no" followed by just one >> letter, so, "not" "now" "nor" "non" and so on, is pronounced as "no" I think >> this is just more of the same. >> >> I have got so used to Daniel saying "number" instead of "no" when >> reading books that I find myself saying it too! >> >> Finally, although this can be amusing, those of us who are power users >> of these devices can become corrupted by them. This applies to PC >> screen-readers too! I hear other people speaking/pronouncing like Jaws or >> Daniel, in real life and, in my opinion, this could actually become a >> problem, especially for young ones relying upon the technology for their >> education. >> >> Thanks for starting this conversation! >> >> Slainte, Sandy. >> >> sent from the dark side of the moon >> >>> On 2 Jun 2016, at 23:15, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone. 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