[stylist] confusing similar words

[Judith Bron]

Jaws has its problems with pronounciation.  Since we want it to read what we 
write and don't have the skill to let jaws know what we mean when we write, 
let's just leave that to Freedom Scientific.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] confusing similar words


If Jaws pronounces s o u g h as Suff, Jaws is wrong.   What can I say?
It's not so common a word.
The artificial intelligence behind Jaws is taking tough (t o u g h) as
its model.

Consider:   taught, laugh, laughter, slaughter, though, thought
Similar spellings, different pronunciations.

Some more:
r i g h t and r i t e and w r i t e
m i g h t and m i t e
r a i s e and r a z e (which have opposite meanings)


As for No (n o) as the leader of a kingdom, I never heard of that one!
Lori
In a message dated 8/29/09 11:03:55 PM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:


>
> I Knew about sow, which can be pronounced like sew as in
> clothes. but it is pronounced different if it refers to a female pig.
> I'd never heard of sough, and jaws pronounces it as suff!
>
> oh in my post here, there's h e r e and not to be confused with h e a
> r. there's k n o w not to be confused with no-the negative, No-the
> leader of a country, Noe a name [pronounced no or nowee] ...
> jc
>
>

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