Lucent Technologies System 75, SYSTEM 85 manual

Fractions and Decimals	The system recognizes a slash (/) with a number
	before and after it as a fraction. For example, for 1/3,
	the system says "one third." The system also
	recognizes decimal points. For example, for 2.50, the
	system says "two point five zero."
Punctuation	The system ignores most punctuation, including the
	following:
	∙	Comma (,)
	∙	Exclamation point (!)
	∙	Parentheses ()
	∙ Dash (-), except with numbers before and after it
	∙	Colon and semicolon
	∙ Brackets, both square [ ] and curly { }
	∙	Question mark (?)
	∙ Slash (/) and backslash (\)
	∙	Double quotes (")
	∙	Smily face -- colon and right parenthesis (:))
	∙ Apostrophe (').NOTE: The system pronounces
		contractions correctly.
	The system ignores a period (.) at the end of a
	sentence or when a space follows the period. The
	system says "period" if text follows the period. For
	example, U.S.A. is pronounced "U period S period A."
Spoken symbols	The system pronounces some symbols as follows:
	∙ ampersand (&) as "and"
	∙ plus sign (+) as "plus sign"

∙ equals sign (=) as "equals sign"

∙ greater than (>) as "greater than sign" ∙ less than (<) as "less than sign"

∙ percent sign (%) as "percent sign"

∙ dollar sign ($$) as "dollar sign," or "dollars" when followed by numbers

∙ at sign (@) as "at sign"

∙ minus sign (-) as "minus" (with a number before and after it)

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