Re: [orca-list] switching speech language frequently

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi, RJ:

We are lacking a good design solution for rapid language switching. BTW,
I don't believe this is something that Orca can, or should try to solve
on its own.


I have a proposal. What about a speech-dispatcher config option that
would allow users to identify the languages they use frequently so that these
could be preloaded as GNOME loads?

A successful solution, imho, should not require the user to identify the
document language except for simple TEXT files. Anywhere there's
document markup, we should be able to auto-retrieve the lang declaration
and use the appropriate TTS.

I would also note that some documents are multi-lingual so that it is
also often advisable to use multiple TTS in a single document, e.g.:

"Would you like a <lang=fr>croissant</lang> today?"

Our TTS solutions do us all a diservice when they use English phonemes
and English rules to pronounce all of the above sentence, especially if
there's a French TTS available on the system.


So, my second suggestion ...

When retrieving a document, our machines should not only auto-switch the
default document language for TTS, they should parse ahead looking for
additional lang ml so that any additional available TTS can be
preloaded.


Janina

rj writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I have to switch the language orca speaks to me very often between
> dutch, english, german and french.
>
> To do this you have to go to Orca Preferences, select the Speech tab
> then choose the box "Person", change that to the language you want, move
> up to the box "Voice Settings" change it to 'hyperlink' move back to
> 'Person" and change that too to the language you want, do Alt+o press
> spacebar, and wait a sec.
>
> If you are living in more than one language (as most non english
> speaking people will have to when moving around on the internet) you
> have to do this very often. 
> Would it be possicble to make a script to switch between langauages with
> a single key combination ?
>
> Without orca it would be very difficult for me to use Linux.
>
> the question has been posted before by someone else:
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2011-February/msg00165.html
> But I can't find any answers or solutions yet.
>
>
>
> Robert 
>
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