Newbie question about punctuation

[Bill Cox]

Thanks, Chris!  I would recommend that a sentence about the difference
be added to the user guide.

I see the default soft/punct level is 0, and it's range is 0 to 2.
ospeakup (previously speechd-up) interprets this as "all", but I'm
pretty sure espeakup considers this "none".  I think we should have 0
mean "none", 1 mean "some", and 2 mean "all" in ospeakup.

Bill

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Chris Brannon <cmbrannon79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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