[stylist] Make JAWS say Misses

Robert Leslie Newman newmanrl at cox.net
Mon Dec 12 14:26:05 UTC 2011 

Hey you all: If your JAWS for whatever reason does not voice Mrs M r s as
you would like, then use the JAWS dictionary to make it do so! In fact, I
bet you many Christmas dollars, that in some of the newer JAWS updates, the
JAWS programmers have programmed in to the JAWS dictionary manager for
Eloquence to say Misses when it sees M r s (Mrs) And so you can do the same!


To make this happen, follow these simple steps:

put your curser on Mrs press insert+d --- the dictionary manager will come
up; 

Press control+shift+d to ring up the default dictionary of JAWS, where this
pronunciation change will work in all programs; 

Press the spacebar on add and you'll see MRS (M r s) is in the "Actual Word"
field; 

Tab to the next field which is the "replacement word" field and type in
misses (m I s s e s) When JAWS sees that spelling it will pronounce it and
to the ear, it sounds correct to what it is we are wanting to hear);

Then tab to ok and press enter; 

then to save it, press control+s. 

Then alt+F4 to close the dictionary manager. (If you forget to save it
before you press the keys to close  the dictionary manager, the program will
ask you if you want to save it and so press enter on yes/okay.) And of
course, if you at anytime during the creation decide you don't want to do
this, then just alt+F4 and close the manager. 

And finally, if later you want to delete this dictionary change, or want to
tweak it in some way, you go into the Dictionary manager, do the
control+shift+d to get into the default version of the manager [if that is
where you originally created the change], then, there is a field that lists
all the changes that you have made, just find the one you are wanting to
delete, then tab to the delete button and press the spacebar, then save it
and all is well. 

 hey --- don't forget the power of your JAWS program! If it isn't
pronouncing names or just any word correctly, you can make it do so with the
dictionary manager. 

Here is one thing I did that I like- with my JAWS, when I am in my email
program, when I arrow down through the list of emails in my inbox, (or any
email folder), when the curser moves onto an email that has an attachment,
JAWS doesn't say attachment, it instead it plays a sound, the plucking of a
single harp string. (Yeah, you can instead of making JAWS change the
pronunciation of a word, you can force it to play a sound. [(Like seriously
possible- I could --- trying to be funny here --- when it sees my name
Robert, I could have JAWS play the sound of a braying donkey!{



wood, 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:58 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Christmas story assignment try again

I think the neighbors would just think she was so spirited that she never
turns off her lights at all. Maybe once the smell starts spreading, but that
does not happen in cold areas until late spring early summer. No, I think
Mrs. Haderly would rot in front of the tree. and my computer reads M R S
also. I dont know if its from program, computer, or what. I just know it
sounds much better when read by a human that can read correctly. Counts me
out as Im totally illiterate it seems.  Thands for the laughs Brenda and
vVejas. Eve

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 7:55 PM, vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com> wrote:

> She's so significant, I think her neighbors might call 911.  Then 
> again, they might just leave her and quietly know.
>
> Vejas
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda <bjnite at windstream.net
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org Date sent: Sun, 
> 11 Dec 2011 20:21:45 -0500
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Christmas story assignment try again
>
> good EveningEve
>
> I see the isolation in this story/poem.  I wonder how more noticeable 
> it would be if the neighbors found her dead in her chair on christmas
> morning.  Would they even call 911?   Just using her name shows us how
> little the neighbors cared to know about her but maybe eliminate a few 
> of the uses.  I look forward to further developments of this 
> story/poem as isolation is a very important concept and, I like your
approach.
>
> As for the format, I was able to open your document in wordpad.  the 
> copy Brad sent opened in Word 2010 but Window Eyes started acting 
> funny.  Window Eyes reads Mrs.  "M r s."  I wonder if there is a 
> setting that needs to be changed to make it say Misses.
>
> Brenda
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/9/2011 9:31 PM, Eve Sanchez wrote:
> Here it is I attached and pasted.  Curious of what your guys' readers 
> read 'Mrs'.  Mine says letter by letter rather than the word that 
> sounds like Missus.  Drives me nuts.  Is it just my crappy stuff or do 
> they all do this?
> Eve
>
>
>
>
> Christmas Spirit
>
> by Eve Sanchez
>
>
> The neighbors all agreed that Mrs Haderly had the most Christmas 
> spirit of all of them.  They often said she was an inspiration during the
holidays.
> Mrs Haderly had to be in her eighties and she lived alone.  Every year 
> Mrs Haderly opened up her garage and took out her rickety wooden 
> ladder.  With many impressed on lookers Mrs Haderly would climb up and 
> down that ladder hanging lights and moving the ladder along as she went.
>
> The neighbors were impressed when they saw Mrs Haderly pull into her 
> drive-way every year with a fresh cut tree that was purchased at the 
> local charity tree lot strapped to the roof of her car.  Many 
> neighbors watched with wonder as Mrs Haderly cut the twine holding the 
> tree in place so that it fell to the ground.  Mrs Haderly would then 
> drag that tree into her house and set it up near the front window for 
> all to see.  Mrs Haderly used her antique Christmas tree stand that 
> caused the tree to lean to one side, but this did not bother her.  Mrs 
> Haderly would be seen stringing lights around the tree before 
> carefully hanging the most beautiful glass ornaments you would ever 
> see.
>
> Mrs Haderly would wrap the posts of her porch with garlands and holly.  
> A wreath of green and gold with silver bells would hang from Mrs 
> Haderly's door to greet visitors.  Mrs Haderly would always bake small 
> fruit cakes for the mail man and the paper boy.  Mrs Haderly would 
> wrap these loaves with foil and ribbon.  The neighbors saw her leaving 
> these in the boxes and smile at Mrs Haderly's generosity.
>
> When walking by Mrs Haderly's house, Christmas classics sung by Bing 
> Crosby, Burl Ives, and Nat King Cole could be heard playing.  The 
> neighbors would smile at Mrs Haderly's Christmas spirit.  "She's an 
> inspiration to all of us." they would say.  In the front yard, to go 
> with the carols being played was a plastic trio of carolers that Mrs 
> Haderly had placed out every year since 1968.  It would stay there 
> until the end of the holiday season when Mrs Haderly would take down 
> the Christmas lights.
>
> The neighbors were impressed by Mrs Haderly and her devotion to Christmas.
> Every night Mrs Haderly would turn on the outside lights as well as 
> the twinkling lights of her Christmas tree.  Mrs Haderly would then 
> sit down in her recliner admiring the beauty of her tree topped with a 
> porcelain and satin angel with feathery wings.  As Christmas 
> approached and the nights got chillier, Mrs Haderly still ventured out 
> to turn on her Christmas lights and inspired the neighbors with her 
> spirit.
>
> On Christmas Eve Mrs Haderly would bake cookies of many types.  When 
> evening came she would take the prettiest of these cookies and place 
> them on a plate with a golden ribbon trimming it's scalloped edge.  
> Mrs Haderly would place these cookies on a small table next to her 
> recliner facing the tree.
> Mrs Haderly would sit and look at the tree with the colored lights and 
> the ornaments from years past and fall asleep.
>
> On Christmas morning the tree would be the first thing Mrs Haderly 
> would see when she woke.  The neighbors would be coming and going 
> outside and seeing Mrs Haderly's lights still on, they would smile 
> about her Christmas spirit.  "Mrs Haderly is an inspiration to us all."
they would say.
>  Inside,
> sitting alone in her recliner, looking at her decorated tree, Mrs 
> Haderly would silently cry.
>
>
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