Keyboard with the items on and off to compare the difference. When you enter on this item, a dialog box with three choices will appear. The choices are off , dictionary , and on. If you would like Window-Eyes to read these punctuation marks, arrow to on in the dialog box and press enter. You may want to experiment with this and other punctuation options.
Many users prefer to hear punctuation marks as they are typed.
However, if you feel confident with you keyboarding skills you may wish to turn this option off. The minus sign and hyphen have the same appearance on screen, but differ in their use. When you enter this item, you will be taken to a dialog box. As with textual, there will be three choices provided for you. The choices are on, dictionary only, and off.