From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eastrmmtao104.cox.net (eastrmmtao104.cox.net [68.230.240.46]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B04E10A57 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:36:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090227053645.HNAY3752.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:36:45 -0500 Received: from cmbrannon ([68.12.115.220]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id Ltck1b00G4lNohg02tckSa; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:36:45 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Wajolswj7cQA:10 a=CHx8jfutjCcr6njg1MsA:9 a=CK2v8iZxijdtlZnSfU_-sM4MbrUA:4 a=C35D7iIojSgA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Chris Brannon references: <20090227005213.GA7046@cq.ftml.net> User-Agent: edbrowse/3.4.3 Subject: Re: espeak and the letter z Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:36:19 -0600 Message-ID: <20090126233619.cmbrannon@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris Brannon , "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: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:36:45 -0000 Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > the letter z now rhymes with say, or day, or gay, or pay, etc. It still > says zed when reading by line or by word, but when reading by character Chuck, It says zaid, which rhymes with paid. Listen closely, and you'll hear the final d. Anyway, here's a description of the problem and the fix. When you type z or read z with the speakup cursor, speakup sends the text zehd to espeakup. espeak renders zehd as zaid. The fix is trivial. echo '90 zed' > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/characters echo '122 zed' > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/characters -- Chris