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moderated Re: Is there a way to not have Vocalizer substitute what it thinks works for abbreviations?

Steve Nutt
 

Hi,

 

I doubt it.  CodeFactory have abbreviations turned on by default, so no-one notices, unless they change the flag.  It also works with JAWS, if you select their version of the synth, so I’m a happy camper.  Oh and it works with NVDA, Supernova and System Access, that’s all I have to test with.

 

Not only that, the CodeFactory driver seems to be more up to date than Vispero’s offering.

 

All the best

 

Steve

 

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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: 16 September 2020 17:17
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Is there a way to not have Vocalizer substitute what it thinks works for abbreviations?

 

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:57 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

Again, Nuance have already included it as a screen reader flag, so it’s up to Vispero to put a switch in the UI.

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But it is important to note that the responsibility still lies with the synth, not the screen reader, in terms of how it behaves.  And I'll bet that once this ability to pass the flag/switch to the synth is implemented, it's going to result in quite a lot of complaints about it not being selective, and lots of things that one might want or expect to be pronounced "in full" that are abbreviations will be letter-by-letter instead.

There is no winning here.
 
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