it doesn't appear to have a dictionary that I can add words to it. Anthony, I HATE how robotic the dectalk voices are. they are obsolete - in my opinion. Mag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [log in to unmask] Come visit my new store! I now carry tee shirts and other items! http://www.cafepress.com/TamarMag visit my Blog at; http://tamarmag-newsletters.blogspot.com/ > [Original Message] > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 4/16/2006 8:41:38 AM > Subject: Re: software will not swear! > > 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 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > [log in to unmask] > > Come visit my new store! I now carry tee shirts and > > other items! > > http://www.cafepress.com/TamarMag > > visit my Blog at; > > http://tamarmag-newsletters.blogspot.com/ > > > > ----------------------- > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > > list, go here: > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > ----------------------- > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > > list, go here: > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > ----------------------- > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > > list, go here: > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy