indeed! I deserve an academy award for trouping on against all odds. LOL
UGH...
sigh, i DID HAVE A BAD NIGHT LAST NIGHT, THE PAIN IN MY LEG KEPT ME FROM
SLEEPING VERY MUCH. oh, geez, sorry abt all caps!
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> [Original Message]
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 4/16/2006 11:23:41 AM
> Subject: Re: software will not swear!
>
> 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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