How do you customize the way punctuations are pronounced in Orca?

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Mon Feb 14 15:31:45 UTC 2022


Don't you have to fix punctuation pronunciation in speech-dispatcher itself?

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From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
To: blinux-list at redhat.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:16:45 -0600
Subject: Re: How do you customize the way punctuations are pronounced in Orca?

> I tried adding entries to the pronunciation table, but strangely, they
> vanish after a few seconds.
>
> I Open the screen reader prefs, selecting the Pronunciation tab. Then,
> I select New Entry. I add a punctuation to the first column (e.g.
> '!'). Then I tab to the next field and add a pronunciation string
> (e.g. "bang"). Then, the entry that I created just disappears. The
> table had one row when I was entering stuff, but a few seconds later
> it shows that there are no rows. This is so weird! What am I doing
> wrong?
>
> Amanda[0]
>
> On 2/13/22, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Perhaps what you're looking for is Orca preferences > Pronounciation
> >
> > There you can set pronounciation of character or word.
> >
> >
> > HtH
> >
> > On 2/14/22 06:44, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >> I know you can switch between the usual All, Some, etc, I want to
> >> control how punctuations are pronounced, e.g. '!' can be spoken as
> >> "explanation mark," "exclaim," or "bang," When I am writing code, I
> >> like to hear the punctuation, but shorten it as much as practical.
> >> This makes code easier to read IMO. Is there a configuration file that
> >> will allow me to make these changes?
> >>
> >> Amanda[0]
> >>
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