Hi Katherine, One way of having contractions work better is to look at an app named dotFix. It's name seems to have started with it's original function of handling the speaking of the elipsis, but the author then added the proper speaking of contractions (which works quite nicely), even when you have all punctuation on.
hth, Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: Katherine Moss [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: is it a legal action to edit WE's set files > directly to gain finer control of punctuation customization? > > Interesting. All that is is XML? Very interesting indeed. > Thank you. What is a more supported way then of getting WE > to pronounce English contractions correctly? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Clower [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 1:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: is it a legal action to edit WE's set files > directly to gain finer control of punctuation customization? > > Hello Katherine, > > It is not illegal to edit the XML content of the Window-Eyes > set files, but we don't officially support doing so. Remember > that if you inadvertently break something, you can reset the > Window-Eyes defaults via the Factory Settings option in the File menu. > > Regards, > Steve > > > > > On 12/8/2011 1:39 PM, Katherine Moss wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm just curious whether it is a good idea to edit set > files directly in order to get fine customization of > punctuation. I'm asking because when you have miscellaneous > punctuation marks checked during the startup wizard, words > like don't, doesn't, and I'm are not pronounced correctly due > to WE reading the apostrophes. This is driving me up the > wall and I'm trying to take a bit of control of it without > trying to replace the words in the dictionary and having to > struggle to find the right mock word to replace them to > ensure correct pronunciation. Thanks for any input. > > > > Katherine Moss, > > Administrator of the AccessCop Network, previously Raeder24.org. > > Visit us on the web at http://raeder24.org<http://raeder24.org/> > > > > > > -- > Stephen Clower > Product support specialist & App Development GW Micro, Inc. * > 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 > 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com > > >
