Re: [orca-list] Adding pronunciations (was Re: orca)

["Nick Adamson" <lists NDAdamson com>]

Hi Willie.

Which version of Orca are you talking about here,
I've got the version of orca that comes with Ubuntu 7.4, (I think it's 
2.18), and I don't think I've seen any property pages as you describe.

Cheers.
Nick.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willie Walker" <William Walker Sun COM>
To: "mike coulombe" <kb8aey verizon net>
Cc: "ubuntu" <ubuntu-accessibility lists ubuntu com>; <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:08 PM
Subject: [orca-list] Adding pronunciations (was Re: orca)


> Hi Mike:
>
> The "pronunciation" tab of the Orca preferences dialog contains a table
> where the left column holds the word to be replaced and the right column
> holds the string to substitute for that word.
>
> You can type Alt+N to enter a new entry -- you will first be taken to
> the left column, where you type the word you want to define a
> pronunciation for.  Press Return when you're done typing the word.
>
> Then, press Ctrl+Right_Arrow to navigate to the right hand column.
> Press Return to start editing the pronunciation and type the
> pronunciation in.  The pronunciation just consists of ordinary words to
> substitute for the word in the left column.  When you're done typing the
> pronunciation, press Return.
>
> Tab to the OK button and press Space to dismiss the preferences dialog.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Will
>
> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 13:42 -0500, mike coulombe wrote:
> > Hi, I see there is a way to get orca to say words differently than they 
> > are spelled. How does this work. I found add entry, but only find one 
> > place to type in a word. Where do you type the way you want the word 
> > pronounced.
> > Mike.
>
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