Re: [orca-list] voice profiles?

[Tomas Cerha <cerha brailcom org>]

Jacob Schmude napsal(a):
> Hi all
> The talk about the say all voice got me thinking of another feature I
> would really like to see: voice profiles like in jaws 10 and later. This
> would be nice for reading content in other languages, you could assign a
> hotkey to switch profiles and could have your parameter set up for each
> language you use. It wouldn't just store the tts engine and voice, but
> the rate, pitch, and volume associated with it and probably for all
> three (maybe four if the say all voice is implemented) voice types if
> their parameters are different from the default voice. This really would
> make it easier to deal with reading multiple languages.
>
> Thoughts?

Hi Jacob,

As in many situations it would be possible to switch languages automatically based on
the information received from AT-SPI, you would also need to define which profile is the
default for each of the languages you use, so that Orca knows which profile to choose
when a language is to be switched.  Otherwise your suggestion is compatible with my
former proposal for language switching (see my mail form 2010-02-08 15:18, "Re:
[orca-list] Orca: how to change voice dynamically").  Actually your suggestion is
better, because language profiles have wider use than just for language switching.

Best regards, Tomas