[DECtalk] decTalk with rate boost for NVDA?

[Piotr Machacz]

I think it would be helpful to have the SPF as a parameter in the NVDA addon, maybe even just called rate boost to make it simpler for those who might not be so tech savvy. 


> On Mar 4, 2024, at 18:29, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I just tried it. It works excellent. Maybe this will get added into NVDA soon, somehow with a decTalk 4.99 addon or something like that. In the meantime, I can play with it using dt-pad.
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> On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 12:10 PM Miguel Villagomez <miguelv064 at gmail.com <mailto:miguelv064 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> The only thing that comes close to what you're looking for is the Samples per Frame, spf, parameter in DECtalk 4.99.
>> This parameter is exclusive to DECtalk 4.99, as it was added in this version. It's accessed by using [:spf NNN], where NNN is the percentage of samples from the default (100 is the default).
>> What this does is that it changes the speed of the output regardless of the setting in the [:rate] command.
>> The NVDA add-on doesn't allow you to use DECtalk commands by default, since NVDA blocks the use of the square brackets and the colon symbols to make DECtalk commands work. You'll have to go into NVDA's Punctuation and Symbol pronunciation dialog to have those symbols be sent to the synthesizer always via the "Send actual symbol to Synthesizer" combobox.
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