Thanks, Chris! I would recommend that a sentence about the difference be added to the user guide. I see the default soft/punct level is 0, and it's range is 0 to 2. ospeakup (previously speechd-up) interprets this as "all", but I'm pretty sure espeakup considers this "none". I think we should have 0 mean "none", 1 mean "some", and 2 mean "all" in ospeakup. Bill On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Chris Brannon <cmbrannon79 at gmail.com> wrote: > Bill Cox wrote: >> Sorry for this newbie question. ?I use espeakup and speechd-up, and no >> external devices. ?What is the difference between punctuation and >> reading punctuation? > > Hello, > Here's the difference. ?The "punctuation level" setting that you control > with the speakup + f9 and speakup + f10 keys affects the punctuations > that Speakup reads when the application is writing text to the screen. > On the other hand, the "reading punctuation" level affects the punctuations > spoken when you read using the screen review commands. > Maybe an example will be useful. > > First, get to a shell prompt. > Hit speakup + f10 until the punctuation level is at its maximum of 4. > Now, press speakup + f11 until reading punctuation is at its minimum of 0. > Echo something to the screen: > echo 'Hello, world!' > You should hear Speakup say > Hello comma world bang > Now, read the line just above your shell prompt with the review keys. > speakup + numpad 3, followed by numpad 7 should do it. > You won't hear the punctuations comma and bang. > > There's a third punctuation setting, and this one is synth specific. > It can't be controlled by function keys. ?You have to > set it by echoing a number from 0 to 3 to > /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/punct. > When you change this setting, Speakup sends the "set punctuation" command > to the software synthesizer. > The two settings described in the last paragraph determine how much > punctuation is read by Speakup. > This third setting tells the synthesizer how to interpret raw punctuation > characters that it receives. > > Hope this helps, > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
