David,
Because you are using a non-English version of Window-Eyes you are
getting a different view than someone using English. With the English
Window-Eyes 4 digit numbers are broken as you say. But this is actually
a verbosity option in the Screen / Other group. There is a Numbers
option which can be set to off, on or Synthesizer. Off just speaks all
numbers one digit at a time. Synthesizer will send the number to the
synthesizer untouched, allowing it to speak it they way it would. On
will cause Window-Eyes to do some massaging of the text. So in the case
of a 4-digit number, it will break it into 2 2-digit numbers for
example. It does other things with times and money and such as well.
But for non-English languages, even if this setting is set to on, it
forces it internally to synthesizer. It doesn't make sense to use
English rules on a non-English Window-Eyes.
Doug
On 5/23/2012 9:50 AM, David wrote:
In my local Non-English language, we often use to divide the four
digit year number, into two groups of two-digits. That is, the year
1995, would be pronounced as 19 95.
As I am working on the Extended Dictionary app, that has been anounced
on the list earlier, I wanted to know, what is the official way of
pronouncing year numbers in English. Or, at least, what is the general
wish of the community. As you all will have noticed, Eloquence by
standard wants to read out the year as a full four-digit number. At
least to me, I find that rather wearisome, as the number 1981 would
produce more verbage, than would 19 81.
The app is doing quite a bit of Date handling, and there is a chance
here to modify the way of reading year numbers. And, just to calm you
all down, the stuff can easily be modified by the end-user. Yet, I
want to know, if it would be the wish of the community, to have some
kind of modified pronounciation of the years, shipping with the app.
All feedback will be appreciated. Thanks alot,
David
(The Author of the Extended Dictionary app)
PS: The Extended Dictionary appp is currently in its Beta-testing
process. Hopefully, it will be made available to the community later
this summer. Still, this question goes to the whole community, since
it has been considered of vital importance. All the modification the
app will be performing to any speech output, can be fully controled by
the user. Even if the app ships with a set of modifications, the user
is free to do what he wants with the shipped entries.
