[stylist] punctuation

Thu Nov 11 14:59:31 UTC 2010

Hi Brad, All jaws is saying is "normal" and it's driving me crazy.  I went 
back to each entry and clicked on cancel for each one.  What do you know 
about cancelling a setting?  Obviously I'm doing it wrong.  Judith
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From: "Brad Dunse" <lists at braddunsemusic.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] punctuation


> One thing that is helpful is if you copy and paste text from one doc to 
> another that has different fonts and etc. it wil let you know.  Here's a 
> description from the Settings Manager's description
>
> Use the options in this group to configure Text Analyzer, which is a tool 
> that can identify errors in a document by using a spoken message or WAV 
> file alert. Items such as unmatched parentheses, unintentional format 
> changes, extra whitespace, and stray or unspaced punctuation are 
> considered errors. These can often be missed when using speech alone. This 
> feature is off by default.
> Use the radio buttons in this group to determine the type of alert used to 
> indicate errors when editing or proofreading a document by line, sentence, 
> paragraph, or Say All command. Select Indicate with Sound to play a WAV 
> file when a formatting error is detected. Select Speak Count to announce 
> the number of inconsistencies in the current text. Select Describe 
> Inconsistencies for a description of the error. The default setting is 
> off.
>
> Brad
>
> At 11/10/2010  09:23 PM, Ashley  Bramlett wrote:
>>Text analysis?  I am installing the new jaws soon, jaws 12. What does it 
>>tell you other than multiple spaces?  Interesting.
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
>>To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:23 PM
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] punctuation
>>
>>
>>>I set something and at the beginning of every paragraph it says, 
>>>"Normal." This is not what I had in mind.  How can I turn it off? 
>>>Thanks, Judith
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Dunse" 
>>><lists at braddunsemusic.com>
>>>To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:30 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [stylist] punctuation
>>>
>>>
>>>>This is what the new Text Analysis does in Jaws. Picks up missing items, 
>>>>multiple spaces and etc. I haven't messed with tweaking it much but it 
>>>>is helpful. I also found that in older versions of Jaws if you set your 
>>>>scheme to Classic with Quotes and set the quote voice to a lower pitch,, 
>>>>if a beginning or closing quote is missing it will continue to ramble in 
>>>>the lower voice where it ought not and so you know something is up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 11/10/2010  06:32 PM Judith Bron said...
>>>>>I just dfound another missing quote in a 395 page document.  You have 
>>>>>to keep your ears tuned to the document and you pick up errors like 
>>>>>this.
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" 
>>>>><bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
>>>>>To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6:39 PM
>>>>>Subject: [stylist] punctuation
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Judith,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>JAWS tells me if quotes are missing.  I have to pay attention to it, 
>>>>>>but
>>>>>>if there is not a quote where one should be, the absence of quotes is
>>>>>>noticeable because JAWS will not say it.  Like with dialogue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bridgit
>>>>>>
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