Grant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey) (10/05/90)
Index Number: 10908
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
When using Vocaleyes with Dectalk I've not had to change anything
except to turn off the punctuation. I was really surprised that this
was happening. By the way I'm so pleased with Vocal Eyes and Word
Perfect. Keep up the good work!
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Internet: Grant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.orgDoug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray) (10/10/90)
Index Number: 11017
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
GD> When using Vocaleyes with Dectalk I've not had to change
GD> anything except to turn off the punctuation. I was really
GD> surprised that this was happening.
Grant,
I tried to call you today (Tuesday 2nd) at work about this problem you
are having with the DECtalk. I was told you were off sick. I hope
everything is ok. I have noticed that the DECtalk will on its own
spell words that have punctuation mixed in with them. I am going from
memory but I believe something like 'DOS.SET' would be spelled out because
of the DEC not because of Vocal-Eyes. I looked all over to see if there
was a way to disable this so called feature. I could not find anything.
I hope this is the problem you are having. I talked with Willie since he
is also using a DECtalk and he said he could not duplicate it. He also
thought it might be the DECtalk spelling out words with punctuation. It
definetly should not spell the last word of every sentence. Please let
me know if this could be the case. I would like to resolve this as soon
as possible.
GD> By the way I'm so pleased
GD> with Vocal Eyes and Word Perfect. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Grant!
Regards,
Doug
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Internet: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.orgDaveed.Mandell@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Daveed Mandell) (10/10/90)
Index Number: 11041
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Doug: Will VocalEyes work with MicroSoft Word, since it uses
a different cursor? According to Artic, their Version 3.0 will work
with all different sorts of cursors, etc. They still seem to be
in beta testing, and won't release it till November.
A New Zealand and Canadian speech packages are said
to be waiting in the wings for Closing the Gap. Seems you're
going to have stiff competition, so keep a stiff upper....! As the
British would say! Hope you'll be at Closing the Gap, too!
--Daveed--
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Internet: Daveed.Mandell@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.orgmattioli@took.dec.com (John R. Mattioli) (10/19/90)
Index Number: 11203 In article <14870@bunker.UUCP>, Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray) writes... > >I have noticed that the DECtalk will on its own >spell words that have punctuation mixed in with them. I am going from >memory but I believe something like 'DOS.SET' would be spelled out because >of the DEC not because of Vocal-Eyes. I looked all over to see if there >was a way to disable this so called feature. I could not find anything. > First a small disclaimer... I work for Digital Equipment Corp. but I am not part of the DECtalk team and very rarely use the device myself because I use braille instead of speeech. This note should NOT be read as any official company position, but as a fellow blind guys observations! DECtalk will spell words with punctuation in them and I don't believe that it can be disabled. I don't actually know if it will spell a word with the punctuation on the end (as in words at the ends of sentences), that seems unlikely but I suppose it's possible. One way around this problem might be to have the screen reader do some preprocessing of the words. For example, the screen reader could send "dos.set" to the DECtalk as if it were "dos . set" or, alternatively "dos dot set". This is a very simplistic explanation of the solution, but the idea is there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mattioli Most improved skier (american blind skiers association 1989) and humble to! (DEC E-NET) TOOK::MATTIOLI (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!TOOK.dec.com!MATTIOLI (ARPA) MATTIOLI@TOOK.dec.com MATTIOLI%TOOK.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com (US MAIL) John Mattioli 550 King St. LKG2-2/BB9 Littleton, Ma. 01460