espeak and the letter z

[Steve Holmes]

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Yes, the influince of different speech synths, libraries and support
layers is confusing enough.  My opinion is any speech charactistics
including pronunciation should be controled by the screen reader
application or speakup in this case and *maybe* by the synth itself
but never by the stuff in the middle.  And while I'm on this subject,
I can't resist the opportunity to complain once more that synthesizers
should *NEVER* plug in substitutions for abreviations!

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 11:08:39AM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
> On this topic, I know that speechd-up modifies some of speakup's  
> settings when it starts (I think characters was an example). I am  
> slightly split in my mind whether this really should be done  
> (particularly as default), but I can see the arguments for it and this z  
> issue highlights it so may be espeakup could do some of this setting  
> stuff (I would opt that it should only alter stuff if certain options  
> are given, so leaving the default as no modification of speakup's 
> settings).
>
> Any other views?
>
> Also as a separate question, but linked, by setting  
> /sys/modules/speakup/parameters/direct will settings like punctuation  
> level stop working (IE. do you mean it doesn't process the character  
> table or do you mean speakup does absolutely no processing of text)?
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 23/12/42 19:59, William Hubbs wrote:
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>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:55:31AM +0000, Jonathan Duddington wrote:
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>>> On 27 Feb, Chris Brannon<cmbrannon at cox.net>  wrote:
>>>      
>>>> When you type z or read z with the speakup cursor, speakup sends the
>>>> text zehd to espeakup.
>>>>        
>>> Why not just send "z" ?
>>>      
>>
>>   Actually this can be done if you are running the latest speakup, it is
>>   just not set as the default.
>>
>>   There is a sys file for speakup called
>>   /sys/module/speakup/parameters/direct.  If you set the value in there
>>   to 1, text will be sent directly to espeak with no speakup processing.
>>
>> William
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