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Sameer
 

 
I am using Eloquence.
 
I will try with the Vocaliser voices.
 
Regards
Mr. Sameer Latey
Mulund, Mumbai
 

From: Richard Turner
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 8:48 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: JAWS 2019 not reading numbers properly
 

Which synthesizer are you using?

 

I just tried this in Word 2016 with Jaws 2019, latest, using Vocalizer Expressive Tom.

I wrote out several numbers  in Word from 4 to 9 digits and all spoke correctly in Say All.

I noticed in the number settings in Jaws settings, there is an option for when 5 or more digits; but that seemed related to date processing, I ran that up to 8 digits, but it made no difference in how the large numbers are read.  They are spoken for me like 10,500,000 is said 10 million, five hundred thousand.  With a dollar sign it speaks dollars.

Again, this was in a word document using say all.

 

Having said that, there are some odd issues with Jaws 2019 that effect some but not others.

For me, it is desktop shortcut keys work with jaws 2018 but not 2019.  This is a strange Jaws release, even though it brought some great new features…

 

Richard

 

 

Richard

 

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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sameer
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:33 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: JAWS 2019 not reading numbers properly

 

 

Greetings, Mike.

 

I already have the JAWS settings set to the ones mentioned in your mail.

 

Also, this problem of JAWS treating digits appearing before & after a comma as seperate sets of digits happens only when in say all mode. This problem does not happen when reading line by line.

 

Regards

Mr. Sameer Latey
Mulund, Mumbai

 

From: Mike B

Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 5:40 PM

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Subject: Re: JAWS 2019 not reading numbers properly

 

Howdy Mr. Latey,

 

Try the following:
Note: If you want to make these settings in a particular application / program, then open the application / program & open the Settings Center while in
the application / program & skip step #2.  If you want these settings for all applications follow all the steps below.
 
1. Open the Settings Center with, Insert / Jaws key + 6, on the number row above the main keyboard.
2. Press, Control, Shift, + D, to open Setting Center default all applications.
3. Arrow down to, Text Processing, & right arrow to open.
4. Arrow down 1 time to, Number & Date Processing, & right arrow to open.
Note: If you want the date to read correctly when it's in a number format, arrow down 1 time to, Numeric Date Processing, press the spacebar to toggle
through your options, & stop when Jaws reports, Some Translation.
5. Arrow down 1 time to, Number Processing, press the spacebar to toggle through the options.  Stop when Jaws reports, Controlled By Synthesizer.
6. Arrow down to, Speak Single Digits, right arrow to open, arrow down to, If Number Contains, press the spacebar to toggle through the options, & stop
when Jaws reports, Controlled By The Synthesizer.
7. Arrow down to, If number contains dashes, this box needs to be checked.
8. If you want dollar & cents amounts reported correctly, arrow down to, Speak Dollars, & make sure this box is checked.
9. Tab to, Apply, press the spacebar, tab to, Okay, press enter to save your changes & close the Settings Center.

Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.  Go dodgers!
I believe that everything happens for a reason. Usually, the reason is that somebody screwed up.

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Sameer

To: JFW Group

Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 11:49 PM

Subject: JAWS 2019 not reading numbers properly

 

 

Dear Listers,

 

When reading numbers seperated by commas, JAWS will speak the digits before & after the comma as if they were seperate sets. For example, when reading 7,000 it will read 7 & 000 with a small pause in between instead of reading it as seven thousand. This happens only in Microsoft Word & not in Wordpad, Windows Live Mail or in browsers.

 

I am using JAWS 2019 on a Windows 10 machine with Office 2016. Also, this problem does not happen when using JAWS 18 on the same machine.

 

Kindly advise how I can stop JAWS from speaking the digits before & after the comma as seperate sets of digits.

 

Thanking all in advance for any assistance.

 

Regards

Mr. Sameer Latey
Mulund, Mumbai
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