[DECtalk] DECTalk command processing in NVDA add-on

Paul balfe brllboy at hotmail.com
Sat Sep 17 22:31:04 EDT 2022


Yes. Still nothing.

On 9/17/2022 10:08 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> In NVDA symbol/punctuation pronunciation, did you set the left 
> bracket, right braket, colon and underline level combo box to most and 
> "send actual symbol to synthesizer" to always? Both setings need to be 
> changed separately, meaning for each symbol. I had made a mistake in 
> my original instructions by forgetting about setting "send actual 
> symbol to synthesizer" to always. That's why I corrected myself in my 
> follow-up message.
>
> Blake
>
>
>
> On 9/17/2022 8:58 PM, Paul wrote:
>> Is still doesn’t work
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Sep 17, 2022, at 5:18 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk 
>>> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Josh is correct. Another list member pointed out same thing to me 
>>> off-list. In my initial posting, I had also forgotten about the 
>>> underline symbol. For clarity and easier comprehension of steps, 
>>> here are the steps again with additional details.
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Open your NVDA menu and select "Preferences".
>>> 2. Select "punctuation/symbol pronunciation" and press enter.
>>> 3. In "symbols" list, find the left bracket.
>>> 4. Change "level" combo box to most. Set "send actual symbol to 
>>> synthesizer" combo box to always.
>>> 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the right bracket, underline and colon. 
>>> Press enter
>>> when done.
>>>
>>> Blake
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 9/17/2022 5:07 PM, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>> In addition, make sure you set send to synthesizer, to always, in 
>>>> the combo
>>>> box next to the ppunctuation box in the symbols pronunciation dialog.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> On Behalf Of Paul 
>>>> balfe
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 17:01
>>>> To: Blake Roberts via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk command processing in NVDA add-on
>>>>
>>>> Blake.
>>>>
>>>> It didn't work.
>>>>
>>>>> On 9/17/2022 4:43 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> Two gentlemen wrote to me off-list this afternoon stating they could
>>>>> not get DECTalk commands to process with the new NVDA add-on after
>>>>> doing a say all. I wrote to those list members directly with a
>>>>> possible solution. I am sharing part of that response here with minor
>>>>> edits, in case other list members have similar DECTalk comand
>>>>> processing issue and need a solution. See below for resolution steps.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I just remembered that when I was using an old NVDA DECTalk add-on
>>>>> years ago, I had to make some changes in NVDA punctuation/symbols
>>>>> pronunciation. If I set left bracket to "level "none", it reads out
>>>>> the DECTalk code instead of performing the desired action. Try these
>>>>> steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Open your NVDA menu and select "Preferences".
>>>>> 2. Select "punctuation/symbol pronunciation" and press enter.
>>>>> 3. In "symbols" list, find the left bracket.
>>>>> 4. Change "level" combo box to most.
>>>>> 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the right bracket and colon. Press enter
>>>>> when done.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Blake
>>>>>
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