Special Words Dictionary

The important feature of the special words dictionary is that a valid translation can consist of any valid input string.  So, you can use the special words dictionary for: 

	strings that translate into more than one word. 
	acronyms (as long as the last character of the key is not a period).
	URLs and e-mail addresses, as long as the last character is not a punctuation symbol.
	strings containing digits or other non-letter symbols (which are not allowed in the other dictionaries).
	strings that require translations with annotations or SPRs.  (Note that you must always use annotations rather than tags in dictionary entries.)

The special words dictionary is case-sensitive.  For example, if you entered the key WHO to translate to "World Health Organization," lower case "who" would still be pronounced as expected (`[hu]).

Allowable Special Words Dictionary Entries

Key	Translation
	letters, both upper and lower case	digits	non-alphanumeric characters like @, #, $, %, &, *, +	apostrophes, quotation marks, parentheses, brackets, etc.	punctuation, except as the final character		With the exception of tags, anything that is legal input to the text-to-speech engine, including white space, punctuation, SPRs, and annotations 
NO: white space	NO:  tags
Special Words Dictionary Examples

Key	Translation
AWSA	American Woman Suffrage `0 Association  
jeb@notreal.org	j e b at not real dot o r g   
ECSU	`[1i] `[1si] `[1Es] `[1yu]  
UConn	`[2yu1kan]  
safekeeping	safe keeping  
WYSIWYG	`[1wI0zi0wIg] 
Win32	win thirty two  
486DX	4 86 dee ecks  

See also:  
Abbreviations Dictionary
Roots Dictionary 
Tags to control Dictionary Processing of Abbreviations

