Richard -
Some synthesizers (like the DECtalk) accept "marks" (special codes) in
the text streams they are speaking, and provide feedback when they
encounter a mark. Others (like the Apollo) don't provide feedback as
a matter of course, but can be queried as to how many marks are in the
queued text.
- Jim Van Zandt
>From: Richard <greon@best.com>
>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:15:52 -0700
>
>the following question in phrased in terms of emacspeak, because that
>is my main interest, but I'm interested in screenreading software,
>too. I've read the emacspeak documentation without finding an answer
>to this question. I would just install emacspeak, but I do not have
>access to a speech synth and my computer has no soundcard.
>
>suppose I tell emacspeak to keep reading aloud till I say stop. when
>I say stop, will emacspeak know how many words the synth will have
>read? in particular, can emacspeak automatically move point to right
>after the last word read aloud?
>
>how, in techie terms, does emacspeak come by this information?
>ie, does the synth tell emacs how many words it read aloud?