probably one thing we all agree on. it can make one a
grump. we are just people like everybody else. 

--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Right - they think we should just smile all the
> time!  Makes me  
> grumpy just thinking about it. LOL
> 
> Kat
> 
> On 16 Apr 2006, at 11:41, ken barber wrote:
> 
> I FIND THIS AMUSING. YOU KNOW LOTS OF  ooops. people
> do not want to consider us sexual beings and do not
> want to think of us that way and now someone does
> not
> want to think we would want to swear occassionly to
> put emphasis into our communication.
> 
> --- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > Can you not add words to these dictionaries? 
> Also,
> > you might want to
> > check and make sure any parental controls for any
> of
> > your software
> > packages are turned off.
> >
> > I don't run Windows at home, and I don't have
> admin
> > rights on my work
> > laptop, but I wonder if there are any settings in
> > Windows that would
> > control this sort of thing.  Any insights on this
> > from our techie
> > members?
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > On 16 Apr 2006, at 10:02, Anthony Arnold wrote:
> >
> > Mag,
> >
> > I don't know what to say, I haven't worked with
> > Naturally Speaking,
> > but I do
> > know that our communication devices that are
> shipped
> > with DECTalk (and
> > beginning to be shipped with RealSpeak too), all
> > have speech
> > dictionaries,
> > where you can altar words if necessary.  For a
> > example, one of my
> > friends at
> > work altered his name to be pronounced Mr.
> Wonderful
> > in one of the beta
> > versions I worked on just as a joke.  My guess is
> > you have something
> > like a
> > speech dictionary, and you probably can change
> back
> > those
> > pronunciations.
> >
> > As my friend would say "swear freely".
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anthony
> > Visit my website at www.anthonyarnold.net
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Magenta Raine
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 2:57 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: software will not swear!
> >
> > Golly, my dad gave me a laptop for my birthday,
> with
> > naturally speaking
> > software female voice, Kate. There is just one
> > problem; Kate refuses
> > to say
> > most swear words! Why do they censor it? It should
> > be up to the
> > people to
> > decide. And it's inconsistent. It will say fucked,
> > but not fucker, it
> > says
> > shitty, but not ass..... a helper said somebody
> > else's talking device
> > also
> > won't say cuss words. i just can't believe it.
> > Anthony, Beth, do you
> > know
> > why they do it?   sure I could defeat it by
> spelling
> > the words slightly
> > differently. But why on earth can't folks let us
> > swear if we want to?
> > microsoft's Sam can do it, why can't Kate?!
> >
> > Mag
> >
> >
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