Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: espeak-ng (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1870642
Title:
Upgrade espeak-ng in Binoic Beaver to at least 1.49.2+dfsg-8 (from
1.49.2+dfsg-1)
Status in espeak-ng package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Workaround directions follow this report in a comment.
eSpeak NG prior to commit a766b22 (https://github.com/espeak-ng
/espeak-ng/commit/a766b22643653402171ba8b482a9ed3f419f57bb) did not
properly interpret certain characters (including the vertical bar (|),
caret (^), greater than sign (>), and less than sign (<)) as
punctuation. Thus, when passing --punct (without arguments, for "read
all punctuation") these characters were not read at all.
This is particularly critical for users doing software development or
systems administration using screen readers (such as the built-in
Orca), where the addition or removal of one of these characters can
significantly change the meaning of what is being read.
eSpeak NG in Bionic Beaver (1.49.2+dfsg-1) does not include the fix
for this issue. However, eSpeak NG 1.49.2+dfsg-8 (as seen in Disco
Dingo) includes the fix for this issue. I have tested that upgrading
to the Disco Dingo packages on a Bionic Beaver system corrects this
issue.
This minor version bump will significantly increase the accessibility
of Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS for users of Orca, other screen readers,
and possibly other users and uses of eSpeak NG.
Release Info:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04
Package Info:
$ apt-cache policy libespeak-ng1
libespeak-ng1:
Installed: 1.49.2+dfsg-1
Candidate: 1.49.2+dfsg-1
Version table:
*** 1.49.2+dfsg-1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
Expected Behavior:
On Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver), running:
$ espeak-ng --punct "< > | ^"
should produce the audio "less than greater than v bar circumflex".
Actual Behavior:
The system produces no sound.
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