[stylist] confusing similar words

[Barbara Hammel]

You can go into the Jaws dictionary and change certain words to be 
pronounced the way you want them to be.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 7:18 PM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] confusing similar words

> 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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