[DECtalk] some very very great news

[Mohamed]

Take out the following line only.
item = item.replace('[:', ' ')

On 09/25/15 08:40 AM, mattias jonsson via Dectalk wrote:
> The latest snapshot seems from 22 september or maybe 24
> When i edit the py file the dectalk no longer load
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> The latest next snapshot and the standard DECtalk add on.
>
> On 09/25/15 03:40 AM, mattias jonsson via Dectalk wrote:
>> Also
>> Wich dectalk addon there is 2
>> And wish snapshot?
>>
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>> And I'm also thinking about if this would work in the sapi 5 DECtalk, although it might depend on if it's able to pass it. Because I was looking at the NVDA log, and it seems to be just sending index commands when it reads phonemes, and I'm wondering if SAPI 5 would handle it properly.
>>
>> On 09/24/15 06:06 PM, Mohamed wrote:
>>> ON a sidenote, the softvoice add on can handle commands sent to it in
>>> a similar way. You have to add the left and right double braces to
>>> the symbols dictionary manually though, to said the preservation to
>>> always there as well, and you can then pass commands to softvoice.
>>>
>>> On 09/24/15 05:53 PM, brandon T via Dectalk wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> If it's just the single add-on, I think it's 4.60.
>>>> This is different than the 4.6.1 and 4.6.4 versions.
>>>>
>>>> It's the one that came with Window-Eyes.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Brandon
>>>>
>>>> On 9/24/15, Mohamed via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>>> Although, if you want to actually do serious singing, it's still
>>>>> not a replacement for the speak window, as it is still somewhat buggy.
>>>>> For instance, there's a bug where it will reset speech back to what
>>>>> NVDA had set every line. For example, if you typed into a text
>>>>> editor, [:nf] I am alive. I am DECtalk. I am still here even now.
>>>>> Don't you think it's still awesome that certain people still like
>>>>> me? I sure do! and pasted it in and read it, NVDA will reset it
>>>>> back to Paul in the second sentence. Also, it seems that if you
>>>>> adjust rates, consonants are lengthened or shortened. For example,
>>>>> try removing the rate parameters from the Rickety tickety Tin song
>>>>> that's on Snoopi Botton's site, and drag the speed around in NVDA,
>>>>> you'll notice the effect it has on the consonants, it makes the
>>>>> song sound faster or slower. Although it races the question, I'm
>>>>> wondering what version of DECtalk the add on is using?
>>>>> It might be 4.3, because it does have a little bit of vibrato in
>>>>> its singing.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/24/15 01:20 PM, Alex H. via Dectalk wrote:
>>>>>> Woe man! That's actually really, really cool!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Great news indeed. It'll make working at a desk all day real fun.
>>>>>> :D
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/24/15, Mohamed via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi everyone. I have some very,, very, very great news to tell you
>>>>>>> all.
>>>>>>> The NVDA DECtalk can now not only process commands, but can now sing!
>>>>>>> Here's how you get it to work. First, ensure you have the latest
>>>>>>> next snapshot of NVDA with DECtalk installed. Then, go into your
>>>>>>> dectalk.py file. There's a line of code that is actually blocking
>>>>>>> speech commands from coming to the synthesizer. It's marked with
>>>>>>> the comment, "#prevent control strings from going into our text",
>>>>>>> just search for a number sign and it will come up. Although if
>>>>>>> you want the code quickly, paste this line into the find dialog. Note:
>>>>>>> be sure to tab three times, I am unable to put them here because
>>>>>>> thunderbird just puts several spaces instead of the tab symbol.
>>>>>>> item = item.replace('[:', ' ')
>>>>>>> Remove that line only, and leave the rest. Now, there's a new
>>>>>>> combo box introduced in the latest next snapshot of NVDA called
>>>>>>> send actual symbol to synthesizer. Find the left bracket, right
>>>>>>> bracket, underline, less than, greater than, and colon symbols.
>>>>>>> In the combo box that says send actual symbol to synthesizer, set
>>>>>>> that option to always for each symbol.
>>>>>>> And, enjoy your new singing NVDA!
>>>>>>> PS.
>>>>>>> Make sure you read it from the top of the file from the [:phone
>>>>>>> on] command to the end so DECtalk can process them correctly.
>>>>>>> PPS
>>>>>>> Since NVDA has no synth specific symbols dictionary, you may
>>>>>>> notice side effects of the change with other synthesizers.
>>>>>>> Hope you guys enjoy.
>>>>>>>
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