Lucent Technologies SYSTEM 85, System 75 manual How the System Interprets Text/Email

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How the System Interprets Text/Email

Your system changes text messages and email into speech so you can listen to it. The system follows certain rules to make these changes. Therefore, some parts of a text message or email message may sound odd because of the way the system interprets it. The following list explains what things might sound odd.

Acronyms and abbreviations	The system normally pronounces words exactly as
that use capital letters	they are spelled. The system also pronounces
	acronyms as words. For example, for unicef, the
	system says "UNICEF."
	The system also pronounces many all-capital
	abbreviations letter by letter. For example, for IBM,
	the system says "I B M."
	However, the system may inappropriately pronounce
	some all-capital abbreviations as words. For
	example, the abbreviation VAT stands for the value-
	added tax typical of European countries. The system
	reads this abbreviation as "vat," not "V A T."
	If a period (.) appears before a space in an all-caps
	abbreviation, the system ignores it. Thus, for V. A. T.,
	the system says "V A T". If a period is followed by a
	letter or number, the system says "period."
Other common abbreviations	The system pronounces many common abbreviations
	in their full form. For example, the system
	pronounces Wed. as "Wednesday," Mr. as "Mister",
	and Oct. as "October." It also pronounces re: as
	"regarding."
	However, some abbreviations may have more than
	one interpretation. In these cases, the system may
	pronounce the wrong interpretation. For example, Dr
	could be "drive," "doctor," or "Denver." But the system
	is sensitive to the context of the abbreviation. So if
	the context is clear, the system usually uses the
	correct interpretation.
Dates	The system pronounces numbers written with two
	single slashes (/) as dates. For example, the system
	says "April tenth, 1996," if written as 04/10/96.
	However, the system pronounces 04/10 (without the
	year) as "four tenths." Also, the system doesn't
	pronounce numbers with single dashes (-) as dates.
	For example, the system says "4 dash 10 dash 96" if
	written as 4-10-96.
Times	The system pronounces numbers written with colons
	as hours and minutes, including times that use the 24-
	hour clock. For example, the system pronounces
	10:23 as "ten twenty-three." The system also
	recognizes and pronounces 24-hour-clock time.

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Contents DEFINITY/SYSTEM 75/SYSTEM Intuity Audix 4 Users GuideFederal Communications Commission FCC Statement Copyright 1999 Lucent Technologies All Rights ReservedLucent Technologies Fraud Intervention Trademark InformationWelcome Call Your Mailbox Your Voice MailboxMain Menu Options Get Around in Your MailboxVoice Prompts and Help Change Your Password Basic CommandsRecord Your Name Play backRecord a Greeting for Callers Recording Your Basic GreetingRecording a Special Greeting for Voice/Fax Messages Recording a Special Greeting for a Personal Fax ExtensionGet Messages Youve Received Listening to a Voice/Text/Email MessageResponding to a Message Acting on a MessageHandling a Call When You Hear Fax Tones Option OnePrinting Fax/Text/Email Messages Option TwoFax Print Prefixes Printing All New Faxes at Once Record and Send MessagesDownloading a Fax or Email to a Modem-Equipped Computer Sending a Voice or Voice-Fax Message Sending a Fax-Only Message Sending a Voice-Fax Message by Forwarding a Fax Enhanced Delivery Options Leave a Message When a User Doesnt Answer To select your default fax/text message/email print number Set Fax/Text/Email Print OptionsSelecting Autoprint/Autodelete Optional Create Mailing ListsOptional. Press Page Deleting Addresses from a List Scanning List SummariesSet the Message Medium You Want to Get First Reviewing and Modifying a ListCreate and Use Multiple Personal Greetings Setting the Preferred MediumCall Types Changing Call Types Defining Call Types the First TimeAssigning Greetings to Call Types Activating Previously Recorded Greetings Scanning All GreetingsCheck and Reuse Outgoing or Filed Messages DEFEnterChecking the Status of Messages Youve Sent Changing and Resending a MessageResending a Message Creating and Appending a Directory Create a Personal DirectoryReviewing and Deleting Entries from a Directory Return to the previous alias How to Use Directory AssistanceDelete # # Stop reviewingScan/Print Messages Quickly How the System Interprets Text/Email Page Notify Yourself When You Get New Messages Rules for Creating Text Messages You Send to Phone MailboxesSetting Up Outcalling Set Your Outcalling NumberScheduling Outcalling Responding to an Outcall Set Addressing OptionsTurning Outcalling On/Off Priority OutcallingSend a Broadcast Message Addressing a Message Before Recording ItSending a Broadcast Message Send Login Announcements Making a Message a Login Announcement Leave Messages with the Guest Password More Tips and Highlights Leaving a Guest Password MessageGeneral Message Handling Getting Messages Leaving Messages When No One Answers Mailing Messages Terms and Concepts Personal Fax Extension Multimedia messageHeader Fax-Tone callPreferred medium