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Abbreviations and how TTS handles them

Hi,
Really liking the Read Aloud Extension, I am wondering if there might currently be a way or a feature implemented in the future that would allow some abbreviations to be read differently.

Currently, it will read Dr as doctor, this makes sense in probably 90% of use cases. However as I am using this to read information on Accounting topics it has caused some issues,

In accounting, the abbreviation Dr and Cr is used for Debit and Credit respectively and are featured heavily throughout the information.

I am hoping there might be a way to change preference to allow for the extension to see Dr and Cr and say Debit and Credit instead of "doctor" and "C R"

Thank you,

Jack , 22.08.2021, 02:54
Idea status: under consideration

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ken107, 22.08.2021, 05:56
Thank you, that makes sense. I think we can provide a table in Advanced Options that lets user enter abbreviations and corresponding expanded form, and Read ALoud will simply replace occurrences of those abbreviations in the text before it feeds it to the voice engine.

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