Problem with Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance

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RandyCrager
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Problem with Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance

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GOSH THIS GETS EMBARRASSING ADMITTING TO BEING DEFEATED BY MY TEXTALOUD PROGRAM, lol IT'S A GUY THING I GUESS. WOMEN KNOW OF THIS MORE THAN MEN WILL ADMIT TO! FORGIVE ME FOR USING ALL CAPS, MY POOR EYES REQUIRE IT. ALSO FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND INFORMATION PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO THIS SUBJECT HOWEVER I AM SURE THERE IS.

OKAY, I'M USING v3.0.115.1 NOW MY PROBLEM STEMS FROM DIRECTING A WORD TO BE PRONOUNCE DIFFERENT THAT IT'S SPELLING, I KNOW MORE PEOPLE THAT I MUST RUN INTO THE PROBLEM OCCASIONALLY; FOR EXAMPLE, loved is pronounced lov ed, lowered is pronounce louw erd, dragged is pronounced drag ged. SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO I USE THE P.D.M. AND I CAN GET THE NEW PRONUNCIATION TO WORK AND RUN THE TEST BUT EVEN ON A NEW TEXT DOC. IT STILL ISN'T WORKING. ALSO WORDS LIKE A NAME Dani IS PRONOUNCED DAWNI AND I CAN GET THAT WORKED OUT IN THE TEST BUT IT IS NEVER ACTUALLY FINAL. WHENEVER I GO BACK TO ANY TEXT WITH THE WORD Dani, THE WORD IS STILL PRONOUNCED AS DAWNI.

ONE MORE, lol AND I HONESTLY DON'T THINK THIS IS ME (I SO HOPE NOT), BUT I COME ACROSS A LOT OF TEXT WITH OMG, SHTF, TMI, ETC,, BUT LIKE IN THE EXAMPLE OF OMG, I REPLACE IT WITH OH MY GOSH (CAUSE I DON'T USE THE LORDS NAME) AND IT STILL PRONOUNCES OMG, NO MATTER WHAT COMBINATION I USE. SOME PEOPLE PRINT IT IN ALL CAPS AND PRONOUNCES AS IF IT IS REFERS TO, WELL YOU KNOW, AND AT THE END OF A SENTENCE LOWER CASE, no. AND IT IS PRONOUNCED AS NUMBER.

YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING SO I LEAVE IT IN YOUR HANDS, lol WHEN I MENTIONED COMBINATION I WAS REFERRING TO ALL THE POSIBLE COMBINATIONS USED ON WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE THE WAY THE WORD IS PRONOUNCED USING THE OPEN PROMPT OF THE P.D.M.

THANK YOU
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