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(Narrator) For the purposes of this demonstration I am using Karen Vocalizer Expressive.
1. Open the JAWS Select a Voice Profile dialog box by pressing INSERT+CTRL+S, and then choose Karen in the list.
(JAWS with Eloquence voice synthesizer) Select a Voice Profile dialog, Default: Combo box, Eloquence, 1 of 8.
Karen Vocalizer Expressive Premium, 6 of 8.
(Karen Vocalizer Expressive synthesizer voice) Document - WordPad, edit.
2. (N) Type a sentence in WordPad using the word "beta," and then read the line of text with JAWS. I will type, "Testing beta apps is important." When I press UP ARROW to move back to that line of text, notice that the Vocalizer Expressive synthesizer, Karen, pronounces it as "beeta." This is how people in most countries outside of the US say it.
3. Open Dictionary manager from within WordPad by pressing INSERT+D. The title bar of Dictionary manager reads WordPad.jdf.
(K) Press control plus shift plus d to modify the default dictionary file. Otherwise changes will effect only the current application. Add... Button.
4. (N) Press ENTER to activate the Add button. The Add Dictionary Definition dialog box opens. Focus is in the Actual Word edit box.
(K) Add Dictionary Definition dialog, Actual Word: Edit.
5. (N) In the Actual Word edit box type the word "beta," and then press TAB to move to the Replacement Word edit box.
(K) b e t a, Replacement Word: edit.
6. (N) Type the phonetic spelling for the word as "bayta" in the replacement word edit box.
(K) b a y t a
7. (N) Press TAB to move to the Language combo box. It is set to All Languages. There are two other combo boxes that are greyed out, or unavailable, until you change this to another selection. Choose "English" in the combo box, and then press TAB to move to the Synthesizer combo box.
(K) Sound:
Select Sound... button
Play Sound button
Applies to: Language: combo box, All Languages, 1 of 8
English, 2 of 8
Applies to: Synthesizer: combo box, All Synthesizers, 1 of 5
8. (N) Choose Vocalizer Expressive in the Synthesizer combo box, and then press TAB to move to the Voice combo box.
(K) Vocalizer Expressive, 5 of 5
Applies to: Voice: combo box, All Voices, 1 of 4
9. (N) Since the rule really does not affect any of the United States voices you can leave the Voice combo box set to All Voices. However, let us make this one synthesizer-specific so you can get practice doing that. Choose the name of the Vocalizer Expressive synthesizer that you are using from this combo box, and then press ENTER to close the Add Dictionary Definition dialog box. Focus returns to the Dictionary manager dialog box.
(K) Karen Premium High, 2 of 4. Add... button.
10. (N) Press ALT+F4 to close the Dictionary manager and answer, "Yes," to save the changes. The Dictionary manager closes.
(K) Dictionary Manager dialog, Save changes to wordpad.jdf?
Yes button
Document - WordPad
Document - WordPad, edit, Contains text
11. (N) Try switching to different Vocalizer voices and read the sentence in WordPad. I will press INSERT+CTRL+S to switch synthesizers.
(J) Select a Voice Profile dialog, Default: combo box, Karen Vocalizer Expressive Premium, 6 of 8. Lee Vocalizer Expressive Premium, 7 of 8.
12. (N) I will try Lee Vocalizer Expressive.
(J) ENTER
(Lee Vocalizer Expressive voice) Document - Wordpad, edit, contains text.
13. (N) And press INSERT+UP ARROW to say this current line.
(Lee Vocalizer Expressive) Testing beta apps is important.
14. (N) Notice that this synthesizer still says "beeta." If I switch back to Karen, INSERT+CTRL+S.
(Lee Vocalizer Expressive) Select a Voice Profile dialog, Default, Karen Vocalizer Expressive Premium. ENTER.
(Karen Vocalizer Expressive voice starts again)
15. (N) And do a Say Line with INSERT+UP ARROW.
(Karen Vocalizer Expressive) reads the line and pronounces the word as "bayta."
(N) For this rest of the lessons in this module switch back to the Eloquence synthesizer. Use the JAWS keystroke, INSERT+CTRL+S to switch synthesizers at any time.