Re: [orca-list] punctuation level keystroke I set doesn't seem to work

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

I'm using espeak, as far as I know.


Al


On 1/28/20 7:06 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> But are you using espeak or voxin or .... ?
>
> On 1/28/20 6:57 PM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> > Orca says I'm using speech dispatcher.
> >
> >
> > Al
> > On 1/28/20 6:53 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > What synthesizer are you using?
> > > --joanie
> > >
> > > On 1/28/20 6:26 PM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> > > > Hi, Joanie.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1.  I read your message, the one just below.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2.  I used orca-space to get into settings, then right-arrowed to 
> > > > speech settings, then tabbed to punctuation = most.  I hit escape 
> > > > and got out of there.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 3.  I pressed control-shift-p.  When I do that, as I did just this 
> > > > second, it says "p punctuation set to all."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 4.  I reread a bit of your message. It did not read the comma in 
> > > > "Having said that, ..." It read no other punctuation, either.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 5.  I hit orca-space again and went to the punctuation setting. It 
> > > > still said punctuation = most.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Note:  I've bound a couple of other keys, but have only tested 
> > > > control-shift-pageup and control-shift-pagedown, which are to 
> > > > increase and decrease the speech rate.  They work as they should.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I hope this helps, but tell me if you need more testing.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Al
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 1/28/20 12:39 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > > Update: Having pinned down the source of the Shift-related 
> > > > > regression, realized that it only happens with Orca+Shift+key; not 
> > > > > Ctrl+Shift+key. That, along with reading your message more 
> > > > > closely, tells me that my previous suggestion to try without Shift 
> > > > > was bogus. Sorry about that!
> > > > >
> > > > > Having said that, punctuation cycling is working for me as 
> > > > > expected. So I'm not sure what's going on in your case. Can you 
> > > > > give me very precise steps to reproduce the problem?
> > > > >
> > > > > Note that changing the punctuation level via keystroke is meant to 
> > > > > be very temporary. For instance, imagine you're proofreading a 
> > > > > message where the punctuation needs to be perfect. You'd use the 
> > > > > command to change the punctuation level, and re-read the message 
> > > > > before sending. But as soon as you get into another application, 
> > > > > things go back to the default. If you really want to make a 
> > > > > permanent change, you should do so not via keystroke, but by 
> > > > > setting the value in the Orca preferences dialog, either globally 
> > > > > or for the application where you need that setting.
> > > > >
> > > > > --joanie
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 1/28/20 11:59 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > > > There seems to be a regression in bindings which are rebound and 
> > > > > > have shift in them. I'll look into this. In the meantime, try a 
> > > > > > shortcut without Shift to see if this is the same problem for you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --joanie
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 1/28/20 8:05 AM, Al Sten-Clanton via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > > > Greetings!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am using what I think is the latest version of Orca, and also 
> > > > > > > of Slint.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I assigned the key control-shift-p to set punctuation levels for 
> > > > > > > Orca. I did this as a general setting, not specific to any app. 
> > > > > > > When I use the keystroke and am told that the punctuation level 
> > > > > > > is "all," however, I do not get all the punctuation. (I'm not 
> > > > > > > sure what level I'm at for the default.) I have found this when 
> > > > > > > using Bookshare with chrome, in Thunderbird when reading 
> > > > > > > message, and, if memory serves, in a text document (I forget 
> > > > > > > which editor).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Am I missing something I should do?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Al
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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