i agree with the sentiments in your post.  Ideally, it would be great to
listen to all of the tapes, but I never seem to get through them, so I just
deal with things as I encounter them, or use what I can.  I wish there was
a braille Quick Reference or something.  Do not mean to whine here, though.
 I have really enjoyed using both screen readers.  Cathy CloseAt 03:31 PM
10/2/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I suppose most people who use screen readers have gotten used to the
>subtleties of their systems. For instance, I can tell the difference
>between a comma and a period because of the slightly longer pause after
>the period.
>
>I can't however, tell when there is a new paragraph.. When I press ALT R,
>the reader goes from the last sentence in one paragraph to the first of
>the next with the same delay as if there were no new paragraph.
>
>I suspect that if I were to listen to the cassettes that came with the
>program, I would find how to create that longer delay, or maybe how to
>have it making a clicking sound to indicate a new paragraph. But maybe the
>information isn't in those cassettes and I will spend a lot of time
>getting frustrated and searching. So, I usually don't bother and just
>don't make the change.
>
>Is this laziness? Do other people on this list doe the same thing, that
>is, you want to make a small change, but the hassle of making the change
>deters you?
>
>Anyway, my solution is to ask miscellaneous questions to this list, as the
>problems come up.
>
>Firstly, can somebody here tell me how to program Vocal eyes to pause when
>it reads two hard returns, with and without a period. For some purposes, I
>want to define a paragraph break regardless of the presence of a period.
>
>Secondly, and maybe this is related, how do I change the pronunciation of
>individual words in vocal Eyes. It currently reads Jesus as, "hey, Zeus,"
>as if I'm summoning the Greek God. Christ is also pronounced to rhyme with
>grist.
>
>Thirdly, does anybody know how to search for a hard return or a tab in
>word perfect 6.1. In version 5.1, I simply pressed F2 and then the return
>button or the tab button. With 6.1, thos keys bring me to a menu choice. I
>haven't been able to figure out how to enter the hard return code after
>pressing F2.
>
>I just got an idea. Perhaps if I delete a hard return code, I can undelete
>it when I'm asked what to search for, but maybe that won't work.
>
>If somebody knows an easy way, please let me know as soon as possible for
>this third one. I have to fix a document by tomorrow. Thank you.
>
> Peter Seymour
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