Dave Mielke <[email protected]> writes: > [quoted lines by Mario Lang on 2012/05/21 at 14:31 +0200] > >>Actually, many well-known screen readers for GUI environments have "Say >>Time" in one or another incarnation. I personally find it quite useful >>on these systems, so I'd vote for yes, please. Actually, it could even >>make sense to show the time in braille, saves you from finding an >>unoccupied console for typing "date". > > Or for unlocking a screen session.
Yes. > What format should the date and time be shown in? I guess we could have a > submenu with a few options. Which choices should we offer? 12/24 hour format (AM/PM on/off) comes to mind. > Also, is it possible that date/time is one value which may best be > represented differently in braille versus speech? I guess yes. While some speech backends implement some matching rules to speak typical shorthand date/time formats correctly, not all do. So we could try to generate an already "expanded" string for speech. -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
