[stylist] confusing similar words

[Robert Newman]

Yes, I've changed the way JAWS will speak some words. To do it is easy- just
place your cursor on the first letter of the word, press JAWS-key+d (insert
on the num-pad and the letter d) then press enter on the "add" button and
then you are in a field that contains the word you want to change, tab into
the next field and key in the combination of letters until you get the sound
you want and this sometimes means typing in the first part of the word, then
putting in a space then the second part of the word or like in the case of a
word like Paypal, spell it PayPal. Any way, it is pretty easy and if later
you want to delete or change it, you can.




Robert Leslie Newman 
Email- newmanrl at cox.net
THOUGHT PROVOKER Website- 
Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:36 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] confusing similar words

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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