The Pronunciation tab inside the Readable Editor dialog is where you manage your personal pronunciation list. Entries on this list tell Sensory Readable how to say specific words — useful for names, acronyms, technical terms, brand names, or any word whose default pronunciation needs correcting.

The Pronunciation tab in the Readable Editor. Two list columns show 'sah' on the left mapped to 'S-A-H' on the right. To the right, a New Pronunciation field, Speak Original and Speak New buttons, and a Voices list showing on-device voices — Microsoft Natural voices Sonia and Ryan (en-GB), Aria, Jenny and Guy (en-US), then Sensory voices Alba, Albert and Alistair (en-GB). Bottom-row buttons: Add, Remove, Save File.
The Pronunciation tab — pronunciation list on the left, testing controls on the right.

What the tab shows

Left list — Original word
The word as written in your text. In the example shown, this is "sah".
Middle list — Pronunciation
How Sensory Readable should say it. In the example, "S-A-H" (read as the spelled-out letters).
New Pronunciation field
Where you type the corrected pronunciation when adding a new entry. Iterate the spelling until it sounds right.
Speak Original / Speak New buttons
Test how the selected entry sounds with the original spelling versus your corrected version, using the voice highlighted in the Voices list.
Voices list
All installed voices, used for testing entries — your downloaded Microsoft Natural voices and Sensory voices. Click a voice to make it the active test voice.
Add / Remove buttons
Add a new entry to the list, or remove the currently selected one.
Save File button
Persist your changes. Until you click Save File, edits live only in the dialog.

Adding a pronunciation

  1. Click into the Original column (the leftmost list) and type the word as it appears in your text.
  2. Type the corrected pronunciation in the New Pronunciation field.
  3. Pick a voice from the Voices list — typically your usual reading voice.
  4. Click Speak Original to hear the default pronunciation.
  5. Click Speak New to hear your corrected version.
  6. Iterate the spelling in New Pronunciation until it sounds right.
  7. Click Add to add it to the list.
  8. Click Save File to persist the changes.

Useful entry patterns

  • Acronyms read as letters — "sah" → "S-A-H", "NHS" → "N-H-S"
  • Acronyms read as words — "NATO" → "Nay-toh", "NASA" → "Nass-uh"
  • Proper names — "Sláinte" → "slawn-cha"
  • Brand or product names — "Bahá'í" → "ba-HIGH"
  • Version numbers — "v3.7" → "version three point seven"

Pronunciation list vs Custom Pronunciations page

The Pronunciation tab and the Custom Pronunciations page describe the same data — two views of one underlying pronunciation file. An entry added in either place is used by Readable everywhere it speaks: in Microsoft Word, in any application via Hover Read, when saving to MP3, and so on.