[stylist] Silencing pesky GreaterThan signs in emails

Brenda bjnite at windstream.net
Tue Oct 18 13:34:54 UTC 2011


Thanks for that tip.  I will apply the info to Window Eyes and Thunderbird.

Brenda

On 10/17/2011 11:04 PM, Robert Leslie Newman wrote:
> When reading a message which has as part of the text a GreaterThan sign at
> the beginning of each line and so with the scrolling of each passing line,
> you have to hear GreaterThan, GreaterThan, GreaterThan
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> Want to silence that pesky GreaterThan Sign? If you use JAWS, here is how
> you can do that:
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> Using the JAWS dictionary function-
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> Be in your email program (either Outlook or Outlook Express or Live Mail.
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> Press Insert+d to start the JAWS Dictionary.
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> On the button for Add, press the spacebar.
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> In the field of the field for "Actual Word" type in the GreaterThan Sign,
> the actual simple (the shift of the period).
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> Tab to the next field "Replacement Word" and insert a space (just hit the
> spacebar).
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> You are ready to tab over to the "okay" button, and press the spacebar.
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> Now you must save this dictionary entry so press control+s
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> You are finished and so press alt+F4
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> (This will only effect the email program. And if some day you wish to remove
> this change, this dictionary entry, go back into the JAWS Dictionary and
> find the field to locate and remove an entry- easy.
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> Robert Leslie Newman
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> President, Omaha Chapter NFB
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