Try it with eSpeak - as in, seems like the issue might be with
all the MS engines, and, their interpretation of accented
characters, and, this is, in other words, not something that NVDA
could really fix, unless you tried adding spoken dictionary
entries, or something like that to have them read out differently?
For example, just added a whole word entry for just one of the
accented letters to the voice-specific dictionary for MS Mark, and
he just pronounced é as E acute?
Jacob Kruger
+2782 413 4791
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile...but, acceptance is versatile..."
"...resistance is futile...but, acceptance is versatile..."
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On 2021-09-01 03:18 PM, Christo Vorster
wrote:
I
currently use Windows OneCor Voices. I tested the SAPI 5
voice but the result was the same.
Christo, what speech synth are you making use of?
Ask that since, right now, testing this against NVDA 2021.2
beta, in notepad, for example, eSpeak, IBM-TTS, etc. etc. will
all read out accented part of character name, but, windows one
core voices don't at all - they just tell me the primary name
of the letter?
é ê ë - there's an example of 3 different accented versions
of the letter E that 3 of the one core voices just spoke out
as E E E, whereas eSpeak-ng, etc. tells me that they are E
acute, E circumflex and E umlaut.
HTH
Jacob Kruger
+2782 413 4791
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile...but, acceptance is versatile..."
"...resistance is futile...but, acceptance is versatile..."
On 2021-09-01 12:50 PM, Christo Vorster
wrote:
Hi
Quentin
Nothing
happens. I tried it just now and it reads “e” but not, as
earlier, “e acute”.
Regards
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Quentin Christensen
Sent: Wednesday, 01 September 2021 11:36
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Use of ASCII codes
Hi Chris,
Is it that pressing alt+130 is not
working at all, or that NVDA is not reporting anything
when you press it? I just tried now, and it inserts é
into Word (365 at least), but NVDA did not report
anything. I will write up an issue for that, but the é
character definitely did get inserted.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 6:28 PM
Christo Vorster <cvklaviere@...>
wrote:
Hi
Quentin
I
upgraded to NVDA 2021.1 and suddenly I find that I
can no longer use the ASCII codes, as I used to
do. I’m talking, eg, ALT+130 (to type Acute E,
etc.
I
haven’t updated the version of Word I’m using, it
still is Word 2016.
Is
there a remedy to rectify this problem, or any
other way to create these codes?
Regards
Christo
Vorster (Worcester, South Africa))
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io
[mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Quentin Christensen
Sent: Wednesday, 01 September 2021 09:24
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Outlook Training Error
Hi
Chris,
Thanks
for highlighting these! The good news (for
me), the first one is where I must have
rewritten the paragraph and then inadvertently
left both copies in. The second was where I
had simply repeated a sentence - and the rest
are changes Microsoft have made to their
ribbon structure.
In
each of those cases, the keystroke changing is
caused by Microsoft moving the option into a
submenu, so it it on the same ribbon but you
need to add 0, then 0:
To
toggle the BCC field, press alt+p, 0, 0, b
To
add reccurance to a calendar event, with the
event open, you now need to press alt+h, 0, 0,
e.
To
add a new calendar, you now need to press
alt+h, 0, 0, a, o (as well as being in that 0
0 menu, it is in an "add / share" submenu as
well, as is b" for new blank calendar).
The
recurrence change is the one I really disagree
with - while you shouldn't need to add
calendars too often, or toggle the BCC field,
you often need to add or edit recurrance to a
calender event. If anyone else feels the same
way, the best I can suggest is petitioning
Microsoft to make it easier to get to.
I'll
update the module in the shop, once I've edit
it a bit more - and if you find any other
issues through the remainder of the module,
please do let me know!
On
Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 11:55 PM Chris Smart <ve3rwj@...>
wrote:
Hi.
Here’s what I’ve jotted
down so far as I work through the
module. I’m only about halfway through,
and I’m not sure which of these are
actual issues or a matter of misreading
things on my part, i.e. operator error.
NOTE: The following
possible errors were encountered while
working through your Outlook training,
while using Outlook version
16.0.14326.20216.
A general comment: Lists,
like the table of contents, are not
formatted correctly in the epub version,
at least when read using QRead 3.21 for
Windows. Could these be put one item per
line, or even turned into hyperlinks, if
the EPUB format supports it?
2.4 Sending Email:
Duplicate sentence.
“After writing and double
checking a message, press alt+s to send
it. Once sent, the message cannot be
cancelled. After writing and double
checking a message, it is ready to be
sent. To send a message, press alt+s.
Once a message has been sent, it can
generally not be recalled.”
2.7 Reading Messages
You repeat yourself in the
paragraph about message sorting.
“The
default message order is to have the
newest at the top and the oldest at the
bottom. To reverse this sort order,
press alt+v, then r, then s. The sort
order can also be changed to another
field. Sort by subject to have messages
sorted by their subject line,
alphabetically. Messages can also be
sorted by sender, recipient, and many
other fields. Press alt+v, then a, then
b to choose the field messages are
arranged by. This opens a menu where the
field to sort by can be chosen. If
desired, reverse the sort order with
alt+v, then r, then s.”
3.6 Using BCC
“Press
alt+p to open the Options ribbon, then b
to activate the BCC option.”
While editing a message
ALT+P does indeed open the Options
ribbon, but B doesn’t seem to do
anything.
4.6 Recurring Appointments:
“When
editing an appointment, press alt+h,
then e to open the "Appointment
Recurrence" dialog.”
I get an error chime when I
press the E in that key sequence.
4.8 Using Multiple
Calendars:
“To
add a new calendar, press alt+h, then o,
then c.”
I can’t get that to work.
I hope to get through the
rest of the module today.
Chris
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Quentin Christensen
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