this all sounds very familiar. 

--- Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  you too mag??????????
> 
>  A bit of update
> 
> My mother had a laminectomy
> 
> Back sergury last sept
> 
> Back is healed well thx God
> 
>  she is still left with a siatica TYPE sensations in
> her leg the same as my
> grmother before her
> 
> Seems to be an inheritance no one wants!
> 
> Does that sound at all familiar ?
> 
> m
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Magenta Raine
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 16:15
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: software will not swear!
> 
> 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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