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Pronouncing Words
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Using Punctuation and Capitalization
• Apostrophes
The Speech Card does recognize conjunctions:
(e.g. can’t, wouldn’t, it’s). The apostrophe is typed
by holding
SHIFT
and pressing
. ’
. However, the
Speech Card does not pronounce possessives us-
ing an apostrophe, like woman’s, players’, their’s.
• Periods
There are some abbreviations that the Speech
Card recognizes. Mostly these are titles such as
Mr., Mrs., and Ms..
• Hyphens
The Speech Card recognizes words that require
the use of a hyphen in the word itself: (e.g. father-
in-law, first-rate, cross-reference). The hyphen is
typed by holding
SHIFT
and pressing
, -
. Be
careful with this function; if the word does not re-
quire a hyphen then the word will not be recog-
nized.
• Capitals
You can type capitals with this digital book by
holding the
SHIFT
key and pressing the letter
you wish to have capitalized. The Speech Card
will only recognize a word if the first letter is
capitalized.
