[DECtalk] DECTalk command processing in NVDA add-on

Paul brllboy at hotmail.com
Sat Sep 17 20:58:02 EDT 2022


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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