I think this is synth driven, I had to tweak things so speakup would pause while still reading the punctuation which is what I like. It probably depends on the init string. On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:30:52 -0400, Chime Hart wrote: > > HI All: Well, all-of-a-sudden on Saturday afternoon I was > noticing odd pauses while reading mail, which I first thought > were cpu or bandwidth related. After examining text, it looks > like Speakup is pausing where a punctuation is. I normally keep > both punc settings on 0 but if I move reading punc to 3 it reads > a dot when it finds a period. So these pauses are a kind of quiet > while it would be saying a punctuation item. Is this some sort > of option in Speakup, where I can switch among words or > sentences? I don't think this is DecTalk driven. Thanks so much > in advance for any suggestions. > Chime > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup