Re: [orca-list] howto use the pronunciation dictionary?

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Linux and Unix are case sensitive, indeed. In fact almost the only thing
in Windows I personally applaud is the way it preserves case while yet
being case insensitive..

Janina

Rich Burridge writes:
>    Will kindly pointed out that what you are asking isn't quite
>    what I answered. So let me try again.
> You write:
> "I tried to write GHz in the texteditor but orca reads
> it GHZ and not Giga Herz."
>
> I just did the following test.
>
> My Orca pronunciation dictionary has the line:
>
> "GHz"   "giga hertz"
>
> In gedit, I had:
>
> Line 1. Testing GHz
> Line 2. Testing GHZ.
>
> For line 1, Orca spoke "giga hertz" instead of "GHz"
> For line 2, Orca spoke G H Z.
>
>    Rich Burridge wrote:
>
> Halim Sahin wrote:
>
>
> how does the dictionary work?
> I can't notice any effect if I insert some strings.
> GHz has the replacement string Giga Hertz.
> I tried to write GHz in the texteditor but orca reads it GHZ and not
> Giga Herz.
> Do I need no setup something in orca to get this work?
>
>
>
> On the "Pronunciation" pane in the Orca Preferences,
> there is a list with rows that contain two columns. The
> first column contains the actual string (i.e. the string
> you would find in a text document and which don't
> get spoken well), and the second column contains the
> replacement string (i.e. the new still that will get
> spoken when the first string is encountered).
>
> Hopefully an example will help.
>
> If you add "ROTFL" to a new list row in the first
> column, then "rolling on the floor laughing" in
> the second column, and save away your preferences,
> then when Orca detects a line in a text document
> such as:
>
> "The queen was ROTFL when she chopped off his head"
>
> it should hopefully replace "ROTFL" appropriately.
>
> Like most other Orca preferences, you can set
> pronunciations specific to an individual application as
> well.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
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> References
>
>    1. mailto:Orca-list gnome org
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>    3. http://live.gnome.org/Orca

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