ok, sorry Doug that I missed the two obvious answers, but here's what I came up with:
the activesettings.screen.voice = false probably means even if they have chosen a synthesizer, they aren't using it at the moment. Also, the description of the active synthesizer found at synthesizers.active.description = "None" means they definitely aren't using a synth. thought I'd put these out there for anyone else, rather than just say "never-mind!" Chip -----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: how to detect a braille only user Hi Doug, maybe I should phrase it differently; I don't want to generate sounds by playing a wave file, or cause certain characters to appear on a braille display which would otherwise be there only to make the speech sound better. So, I'd like to know how to detect that they have the synth set to "none"; can I do that? thanks. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Doug Geoffray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: how to detect a braille only user Chip, There is no way to know for sure. Just because I'm a braille only user doesn't mean there is no speech being generated. Maybe they don't have speakers, maybe the speakers are turned down, maybe the sound is coming out fine but can't be heard, maybe they have the synth set to none or just disabled. Bottom line, there is no way to know for sure. Can you tell me why you would need to know this? Doug On 11/11/2010 11:08 AM, Chip Orange wrote: > can anyone tell me what to use to detect a braille only user? > > Is it the "suspend speech" property of the active synth; or is it that > the active synth is nothing? > > thanks. > > Chip >
