Atom Feed - DeskShare Support Forums - Topic:How to skip the pronunciation of the asterisk (*) character in Text Speaker? - 20DeskShare Support Forums - Atom Feedurn:https:--www-deskshare-com:AtomFeed:DeskShareSupportForums:Topic:Howtoskipthepronunciationoftheasterisk(*)characterinTextSpeaker?-20:1Copyright 2024 DeskShare Support Forums2024-03-28T19:29:27Zhttps://www.deskshare.com/forums/Images/YAFLogo.pngForum Adminhttps://www.deskshare.comSupport@Deskshare.comDeskShare - Supporthttps://www.deskshare.com/forums/ds_profile729_DeskShare---Support.aspxDeskShare - Supporthttps://www.deskshare.com/forums/ds_profile729_DeskShare---Support.aspxmarianoshttps://www.deskshare.com/forums/ds_profile12520_marianos.aspxYetAnotherForum.NETurn:https:--www-deskshare-com:ftPosts:st1:meid4969:1How to skip the pronunciation of the asterisk (*) character in Text Speaker?<table class="content postContainer_Alt" width="100%"><tr><td>In <a target="_blank" href="https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-software.aspx" title="https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-software.aspx">Text Speaker</a>, you can skip the reading of the asterisk, or any other special character, by using the phoneme for silence from the phoneme table.<br /> <br /><img src="https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/phonemes.png" alt="UserPostedImage" class="UserPostedImage" style="max-width:100%;max-height:auto" /><br /> <br />Select the asterisk character, click on the ‘Pronunciation’ icon on the tool bar. Next, click on the ‘Phoneme Chart’ button and double click the ‘_’ phoneme for silence. Click OK and ‘Apply’ button. Finally click ‘Done’. <br /><br />Now, the asterisk character will not be pronounced while reading your novel.</td></tr></table>2016-03-28T23:38:57-04:002016-03-28T23:38:57-04:00DeskShare - Support<table class="content postContainer_Alt" width="100%"><tr><td>In <a target="_blank" href="https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-software.aspx" title="https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-software.aspx">Text Speaker</a>, you can skip the reading of the asterisk, or any other special character, by using the phoneme for silence from the phoneme table.<br /> <br /><img src="https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/phonemes.png" alt="UserPostedImage" class="UserPostedImage" style="max-width:100%;max-height:auto" /><br /> <br />Select the asterisk character, click on the ‘Pronunciation’ icon on the tool bar. Next, click on the ‘Phoneme Chart’ button and double click the ‘_’ phoneme for silence. Click OK and ‘Apply’ button. Finally click ‘Done’. <br /><br />Now, the asterisk character will not be pronounced while reading your novel.</td></tr></table>urn:https:--www-deskshare-com:ftPosts:st1:meid4968:1How to skip the pronunciation of the asterisk (*) character in Text Speaker?<table class="content postContainer" width="100%"><tr><td>I am using Text speaker with the Microsoft Anna voice for reading a novel. Every chapter ends with **** and Text Speaker is reading it as ‘asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk’. How can I skip the pronunciation of the (*) asterisk character?</td></tr></table>2016-03-28T23:35:30-04:002016-03-28T23:35:30-04:00marianos<table class="content postContainer" width="100%"><tr><td>I am using Text speaker with the Microsoft Anna voice for reading a novel. Every chapter ends with **** and Text Speaker is reading it as ‘asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk’. How can I skip the pronunciation of the (*) asterisk character?</td></tr></table>