Lucent Technologies Definity System 75 User Manual page 35

Fractions and Decimals
Punctuation
Spoken symbols
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."
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."
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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