View file File name : preferences_pronunciation.page Content :<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="preferences_pronunciation"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="preferences#orca" /> <link type="next" xref="preferences_text_attributes" /> <title type="sort">7. Pronunciation</title> <title type="link">Pronunciation</title> <desc> Defining how specific words get pronounced </desc> <credit type="author"> <name>Joanmarie Diggs</name> <email>joanied@gnome.org</email> </credit> <license> <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> </license> </info> <title>Pronunciation Preferences</title> <p> Sometimes your speech synthesizer just doesn't say the right thing for a given string. You might prefer to hear "laughing out loud" rather than "LOL," or "accessibility" rather than "a11y". Or there may be a name or a technical term which the synthesizer mispronounces. </p> <p> The <gui>Pronunciation</gui> page of the <app>Orca</app> preferences dialog allows you to add, edit, and delete entries in <app>Orca</app>'s pronunciation dictionary. </p> <p> Because the <gui>Pronunciation</gui> page is also part of the application-specific settings, you can customize your entries on an as-needed basis for each application you use. </p> <steps> <title>Adding a new dictionary entry</title> <item> <p> Press the New Entry button (<keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>N</key></keyseq>) </p> </item> <item> <p> Type the text of the new entry and press <key>Return</key> to finish editing the actual string. </p> </item> <item> <p> Move to the <gui>Replacement String</gui> column and press <key>Return </key> to begin editing. </p> </item> <item> <p> Type the text that you would like to have spoken instead and press <key> Return</key> to finish editing the replacement string. </p> </item> </steps> <steps> <title>Editing an existing dictionary entry</title> <item> <p> Move to the cell you wish to edit and press <key>Return</key> to begin editing. </p> </item> <item> <p> Make your changes and then press <key>Return</key> to finish editing. </p> </item> </steps> <steps> <title>Deleting an existing dictionary entry</title> <item> <p>Move to the entry you wish to delete.</p> </item> <item> <p> Press the Delete button or <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>D</key></keyseq>. </p> </item> </steps> </page>