Hi There! On some of the facebook versions there is a - between the : and the D so :-D might work or not! I used to put :-] on my emails but found that :] worked but the other version works on fb! It is also funny the ones that Carolyn put say smilie but the ones I've typed do not [ go figure] Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak
On 12 Feb 2011, at 22:08, Esther wrote: > Hi Carolyn, Wes, Brett, and Others, > > I suspect the reason that you can't set up the VO pronunciation editor to > speak emoticons for ":D" (colon d form big smile) and "<3" (less 3) is that > you could get potential confusion in situations where you are normally typing > with colons or in mathematical expressions. Can you imagine a passage where > someone is using capital letters as a shortcut or code to refer to the names > individuals (as sometimes occurs in books, or where one is reading paragraphs > of a diary referring to people by their initials), and because there is no > space between the colon and the "d" someone all of a sudden hears "laughing > face" or "big smile"? That would really be confusing! Or, for example, > someone who is trying to read a math equation comes to the part where an > algebraic expression is less than 3, and hears "love" or "heart" in the > middle? > > I'd imagine that the annoyance value of having VoiceOver substitute emoticons > under these circumstances would be considerable. Just think of having to > explain to your math teacher that you couldn't do your math homework because > you've set up your screen reader to pronounce "<3" correctly for emoticons on > Facebook. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > >> >> Wes Smith wrote: >> >>> No, I was able to read each character, and I entered it right. There is no >>> other :D symbol or anything. The only thing I can think of, is that it's >>> some sort of weird bug. I can't do <3 for love or heart either. I emailed >>> the Apple people, told them my situation, asked them what was going on. It >>> just bugs the heck outta me when I'm trying to read a Facebook post, and >>> someone's used emoticons....which is quite frequent with my friends and I. >>> Maybe someone else has a suggestion. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
