From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: RE: Newbie question about punctuation
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:51:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B3A66D01FEA34E8684B27D803729D0C6@tachyon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4bcf1286.0a5b8d0a.2549.ffff9971@mx.google.com>
The way other screen readers solve this problem is to just let the synthesizer announce punctuation and call it a day.
Take care,
Sina
-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Chris Brannon
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:01 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Newbie question about punctuation
Bill Cox wrote:
> Sorry for this newbie question. I use espeakup and speechd-up, and no
> external devices. What is the difference between punctuation and
> reading punctuation?
Hello,
Here's the difference. The "punctuation level" setting that you control with the speakup + f9 and speakup + f10 keys affects the
punctuations that Speakup reads when the application is writing text to the screen.
On the other hand, the "reading punctuation" level affects the punctuations spoken when you read using the screen review commands.
Maybe an example will be useful.
First, get to a shell prompt.
Hit speakup + f10 until the punctuation level is at its maximum of 4.
Now, press speakup + f11 until reading punctuation is at its minimum of 0.
Echo something to the screen:
echo 'Hello, world!'
You should hear Speakup say
Hello comma world bang
Now, read the line just above your shell prompt with the review keys.
speakup + numpad 3, followed by numpad 7 should do it.
You won't hear the punctuations comma and bang.
There's a third punctuation setting, and this one is synth specific.
It can't be controlled by function keys. You have to set it by echoing a number from 0 to 3 to
/sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/punct.
When you change this setting, Speakup sends the "set punctuation" command to the software synthesizer.
The two settings described in the last paragraph determine how much punctuation is read by Speakup.
This third setting tells the synthesizer how to interpret raw punctuation characters that it receives.
Hope this helps,
-- Chris
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