I think it is because I don't notice that happening on non-HTML rendering.
-----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:47 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? Try (just as an experiment), copying the text from the article into notepad, and see if it reads any better? It could be something to do with the browser interfering with the reading. Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: Katherine Moss [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:51 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? > > I was reading something yesterday and it wasn't reading them > correctly. It was an article on the internet I was reading. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:47 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? > > Thanks Jared. > > Yes Katherine, he does fix the dot separators issue you mention > (according to comments in the code), but my experiments with 7.5.2 > show that it is speaking this correctly anyway, so maybe it was fixed > sometime recently? (I can't say I've ever noticed this being a > problem). > > Chip > > > Chip > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Katherine Moss [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:23 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? > > > > Ah thank you. I would never have caught that. By the way, > does it fix > > the reading of "dot"when the periods are inbetween parts of a name > > such as when reading code fragments > > from a .net application sourcecode? Such that it will read > > dot between say system.directoryServices.accountManagement? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jared Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:51 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? > > > > Just FYI, that's "Dot Fix", two words. AppGet won't catch it if you > > use one. > > On 12/9/2011 2:17 PM, Chip Orange wrote: > > > 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 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
