From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-02.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.136]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FbmJf-0006XB-00 for ; Thu, 04 May 2006 18:28:59 -0400 Received: from dell (cpe-24-33-5-6.midsouth.res.rr.com [24.33.5.6]) by ms-smtp-02.ohiordc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k44MSvHx026927 for ; Thu, 4 May 2006 18:28:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adam Myrow" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Subject: RE: eSpeak abbreviation question Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 17:28:57 -0500 Message-ID: <000f01c66fca$22e8d900$6401a8c0@dell> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-index: AcZvv9pjkbMvMpjHQ16zbweJ89jwugACYJcg X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 22:28:59 -0000 Well, I have the Dectalk USB, and it does this sort of thing. It's pretty annoying when it gets abbreviations wrong. I remember that JAWS for DOS could turn off the Dectalk abbreviations, but JFW can't. The Accent PC also has abbreviations, but apparently Speakup knows how to turn them off. Probably the best option is to have a command that can be sent to the synthesizer to disable abbreviation processing. I also agree that such processing should be case sensitive.