From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.205]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 820B510A98 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:35:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 9439 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2009 23:35:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (myrowa@74.250.30.192 with plain) by smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jul 2009 23:35:02 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: Jh5FFF0VM1n3LgEy.aE5P2Ix9C.8oLa.FJaCLRORvv08m7EsBshZcogS..xdnCCPyGOJ6cBIUQLxAqx1eI7eTrFLu3xrpuKVu9NYO5aYz1PeNttTcjclS9LksNL9U5au2BTYslpz5Mshu2VlVjK7tEkQt1KYiN96_UO14NC9UgMkxiRphjZq2_QiBEsDvkKjKe0B_xBELYmxK0DtdSYhGjtaWg-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:35:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: problems with newer Speakup In-Reply-To: <20090728024025.GA17750@linux1> Message-ID: References: <20090727021655.SIQS4885.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> <20090728024025.GA17750@linux1> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:35:03 -0000 On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, William Hubbs wrote: > Adam, I believe I found this, There was a flag that was set in the > driver that was having speakup insert a space when sending to the > synthesizer after a punctuation symbol. That seems to have done the trick, though I suspect I know why the space was being inserted originally. Now, while contractions are spoken the way they should be, email addresses are spoken without the periods. This only happens when reading with the plus key, or letting Speakup automatically read the screen. When reading with the 4 and 6 keys, that is, word by word, the default reading punctuation level is apparently higher, as punctuation characters are all read. As far as I am concerned, this is an acceptable trade off. Those broken-up contractions were driving me crazy! However, if this really bugs somebody, it might be better to have spaces inserted only in certain situations. That is, only if a period or at sign is between two letters.