[DECtalk] some very very great news

Mohamed malhajamy at gmail.com
Fri Sep 25 09:00:35 EDT 2015


It's actually a combo box in the symbol pronunciation dialog called send 
actual symbol to synthesizer.

On 09/25/15 08:49 AM, mattias jonsson via Dectalk wrote:
> But where is the new dialog you talk about
>
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> 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 -----Ursprungligt
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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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