Speakup Bugs

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

The phonetic for zed is zulu, I believe.


On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Luke Davis wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Scott Howell wrote:
>
> > Not all of these are bugs and probably none of them are. I can't say
> > much on some of these issues because I don't have a Decktalk, but the
> > deal on the char Z being spoken as zed is not a bug at all. I'm not
>
> It's not?  Why doesn't it just say "z", as it does with all of the other
> characters?  If I wanted to hear a phonetic, I would press the key
> combination therefore.  If I am just typing a word, I don't really want to
> hear any phonetic characters.  Further, if it's going to say the Z
> phonetic when ever it is encountered, why not the B, V, etc.?
> Also, if this is a feature, where is it documented?
>
> > them either. THe point is you are perhaps chasing ghosts on some of
> > these issues.
>
> Perhaps.  However, if I hit spell on an acronym "WPHT" (a radio station),
> for example, I don't really care to hear: "W P H command error in command
> T", or with "README", I don't want to hear "R E A command error in command
> D  Command Error In String Value 00000000 E".  That is annoying, and
> sounds rather bugish to me.
> Maybe it is a ghost, but it is still something that seems less like a
> feature, and more like a bug, to me.
>
> > I can say one thing, Speakup is by far a more stable program than
> > anything that is being used in the windows world and is a hell of a lot
> > more simple to use.
>
> Relacs, I'm not attacking it, just reporting some potential bugs.  I'm no
> fan of Bill's wonderful operating systems, as most know.
>
> Luke
>
> > On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 01:07:36AM -0600, Luke Davis wrote:
> > > Here are some further potential bugs.
> > >
> > > 1.  If you backspace [at the shell prompt], while parked, it will not
> > > speak the deleted characters, but will instead speak [maybe], the
> > > character on which the reading cursor is located (after).
> > >
> > > 2.  It says "zepthd", or something such as that, when you read or press a
> > > "z".
> > >
> > > 3.  While using the dec express, and having Speakup spell a word in all
> > > caps, or some caps and some other types, it will read the first two or so
> > > letters, say "command error in string value", one or more characters
> > > further, and later, depending on whether the word/acronym/etc., is short
> > > or long, "command error in parameter", followed by maybe some numbers or
> > > the like. I think this is the dec's bug, but speakup's problem, in the way
> > > it is sending data to the DEC.
> > >
> > > 4.  In the todo file, it suggests that a good new feature, would be to
> > > check parck status and store it, before doing a console switch.  This
> > > appears to work now.
> > >
> > > Luke
> > >
> > >
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