Re: NVDA announcing Capital letters
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Steve Nutt
Yes, that’s what I did.
If you send an upper case A to NVDA and capitals is turned off, it gets an upper case A.
Synths interpret this differently, and Vocalizer will tell you it is a capital.
All the best
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Mullins
Sent: 20 January 2022 18:27 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters
Hi Can speech viewer be used to check what is being sent to the synthesizer?
Cheers Chris
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From: Gene
That's very interesting and further raises the question of what is causing the problem.
Gene
On 1/20/2022 8:30 AM, Don H wrote: > Tried as you described by placing a new entry in the default dictionary. > Still says capital when typing a capital letter. I know the entry was > correct because if you type the word cap in a document and try to read > it NVDA says nothing. > > On 1/20/2022 8:14 AM, Gene wrote: >> Here is a suggestion for those who don't want to hear cap spoken. Try >> an NVDA speech dictionary entry for cap and place a space in the >> pronounced as field. Be sure to select whole word or you won't hear cap >> wherever it appears. Thus, Captain Kirk would be tain Kurk. >> >> >> On a more general note, I don't understand the cause of the problem. I >> would think that when a capital letter is found, NVDA sends instructions >> to the synthesizer such as raise voice, or actually sends the word cap >> to the synthesizer. But turning off these options doesn't eliminate the >> word cap being spoken for some people and now one person says pitch >> isn't raised. >> >> >> Yet, I wouldn't think the synthesizer would do something on its own like >> say cap if no information came from NVDA. Perhaps someone with more >> technical knowledge might discuss what might be causing the problems. >> >> >> Gene >> >> On 1/20/2022 8:04 AM, Don H wrote: >>> I contacted Code Factory and they said it was a NVDA issue. So I don't >>> think anything will be done anytime soon to fix the problem. >>> >>> On 1/20/2022 12:17 AM, Marilyn and Don Bilderback wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have the beep option checked but I get no sound when I type. >>>> >>>> I try to use the tone option, but can’t seem to choose the right >>>> numbers so I can use that method. I don’t hear any change in tone >>>> when >>>> caps are typed. >>>> >>>> I do not like the word caps spoken as I can’t hear what I am typing. >>>> What am I missing? >>>> >>>> Marilynn >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > .
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