Re: [orca-list] espeak-ng and capitalization?

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi,

You can submit a new issue here if you have a GitHub account:
https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues

cheers,
Didier


Le 02/09/2020 à 23:21, Ted via orca-list a écrit :
> I don't find a mailing list for espeak-ng with a web search, but it's multi-platform. Git Hub, Maybe. Let 
> us know, I'd like to read what they're working on and issues.
>
> On 9/2/20 1:03 PM, John G. Heim wrote:
> > I asked about this about a year ago and Joanmarie pointed me to a thread where she discussed this with the 
> > espek-ng developers. I guess I'll have to find the espeak-ng developers list and ask there.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/2/20 1:17 PM, orca-list gnome org wrote:
> > > This seems like something deliberate, though, and not a bug. I haven't been able to make much sense of 
> > > how to change things in espeak or espeak-ng, like editing a language. Surely there would be a way to 
> > > change it. There's nothing in the speech dispatcher espeak-ng module's config file.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/2/20 10:45 AM, josé Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > > Hi Ted.
> > > >
> > > > Testing with a little more attention I realized that the behavior in my environment is exactly as 
> > > > described by you.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 9/2/20 2:24 PM, Ted via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > The espeak-ng capitalization bug doesn't bother me, but I don't have text in all caps too often.
> > > > >
> > > > > The behavior on my Arch system with Orca and espeak-ng is to say capitalized letters only when using 
> > > > > the left and right arrows to navigate by character. When I navigate by line and word, it does not speak 
> > > > > capitals. My Debian Buster system uses the old espeak and does not do that. I have Orca set to none for 
> > > > > capitalization for both.
> > > > >
> > > > > What does grate on my nerves is a setting for the uppercase pitch that is too high with all caps, like 
> > > > > in titles and the example of bash files you gave. I've had to tweak that setting down in pitch to a 
> > > > > point it is barely noticeable, then rely on the Orca key I've set to cycle through the capitalization 
> > > > > settings to be sure of upper and lower case. Because of that, I kind of like the bug.