Quotation mark & en dash "dot" issues [revised]
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:02 pm
[Edited 6:15 p.m.] I've added opening and closing curly-style quotation marks to the Symbols.chl file, and TA3 is now speaking them; however, it is speaking the word "dot" after opening quotation marks. So, for the word "text" [including the quotation marks], I get "open quote dot text close quote".
Furthermore, I thought that this added "dot" issue seemed familiar, so I reviewed previous threads. I found the following post from Nov 15, 2010:
I've discovered that if the text has a number following an en dash, as is usually the case with an en dash, TA is saying the word "point" before the number and then reading the number digit by digit. So, "1995–1998" is spoken "nineteen hundred ninety five en dash point one nine nine eight". FWIW, if I put a space after the en dash (e.g., "1995– 1998"), TA speaks the following number correctly; however, I mention this solely in the event that it helps to diagnose the problem, as en dashes preceding numbers are not followed by a space in actual texts (at least, not those texts that adhere to CMOS).
I've just tested a sample date text like the one shown above with the en dash, and the problem is still there, except that now it is saying "dot" instead of "point".
If I'm doing something wrong, please tell me what; otherwise, I'd appreciate it if someone would confirm that this issue will be fixed.
Thank you.
Furthermore, I thought that this added "dot" issue seemed familiar, so I reviewed previous threads. I found the following post from Nov 15, 2010:
I've discovered that if the text has a number following an en dash, as is usually the case with an en dash, TA is saying the word "point" before the number and then reading the number digit by digit. So, "1995–1998" is spoken "nineteen hundred ninety five en dash point one nine nine eight". FWIW, if I put a space after the en dash (e.g., "1995– 1998"), TA speaks the following number correctly; however, I mention this solely in the event that it helps to diagnose the problem, as en dashes preceding numbers are not followed by a space in actual texts (at least, not those texts that adhere to CMOS).
I've just tested a sample date text like the one shown above with the en dash, and the problem is still there, except that now it is saying "dot" instead of "point".
If I'm doing something wrong, please tell me what; otherwise, I'd appreciate it if someone would confirm that this issue will be fixed.
Thank you.