Interesting. I thought you could also customize the description of punctuation via the "eloq.sbl" as well. -----Original Message----- From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 6:43 PM To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS Punctuation Yeah, sorry--8220 & 8221, & u do it by going into ms word & hitting insert d, e.g., you're customizing the word jdf file. On 9/16/12, Annabelle Susan Morison <foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are you sure it isn't 8220 and 8221? Which dictionary are you referring to? > Is it the Dictionary Manager? Or is it the "eloq.sbl" file that I would > customize the punctuation in? I'm confused! > > -----Original Message----- > From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 2:47 PM > To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS Punctuation > > Annabelle, when u have your cursor on 1 of those quotes, & u hit the > current character key 3 times, it'll give u the ascii equivalent of > those characters. If u look at yor word dictionary, you'll notice that > \8820 which is the ascii character for an open quote is pronounced " > i.e., ascii value 34. If u wish, u could easily change that to open > quote, & the same applies to closed quote, which has an entry of > \8821. > > On 9/16/12, Annabelle Susan Morison <foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, it's Annabelle. >> I've customized the Punctuation to have it speak the way I want to, but, >> for >> some reason, when I'm in Microsoft Word, instead of something like "open >> quote" and "closed quote", it just says "quote". I can get them to say >> "open >> quote" and "closed quote" within all other programs, but why won't it do >> the >> same in Microsoft Word? Is there something I'm doing wrong? The >> characters >> I'm trying to customize are " and ". >> _____ >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5269 - Release Date: 09/15/12 >> >> _____ >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5271 - Release Date: 09/16/12 >> >> >> >> __________ >> >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >> >> > > > -- > Blame the computer--why not? It can't defend itself & occasionally > might even be the culprit > Jackie McBride > Ask Me Computer Questions at: www.pcinquirer.com > Jaws Scripting training materials: www.screenreaderscripting.com > homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5272 - Release Date: 09/16/12 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5272 - Release Date: 09/16/12 > > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > -- Blame the computer--why not? It can't defend itself & occasionally might even be the culprit Jackie McBride Ask Me Computer Questions at: www.pcinquirer.com Jaws Scripting training materials: www.screenreaderscripting.com homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net __________ View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5272 - Release Date: 09/16/12 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5272 - Release Date: 09/16/12 __________� View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts