Hi Rick, and this is for everyone too trying out CapEnhance, A couple of things in your note I'd like to respond to. First, I'm not sure if I've ever heard of a synthesizer which did not support pitch changes. If this were so, then, for the synthesizer in question, it would be impossible to change pitch on the fly using the speech parameters hotkeys. Does this actually ever happen, namely, that you cannot change pitch use thing those hotkeys? CapEnhance uses exactly the same method of changing pitch as the user does using hotkeys. Second, in my latest version of CapEnhance, I inserted a routine which temporarily disables both the screen and keyboard capitalization before speaking a cap and then resets them to their previous states. This was to address the problem you had with my earlier version of the app which produced choppy speech even with Eloquence. Of course, I'm no wizard, and who can know what effect the app will have with all of the various synthesizers, not to mention audio devices and their accompanying software. One thing I could do is produce a version of the app which allows for tone changes for caps along with pitch. Again, only real-world testing would prove its effectiveness. This app was my attempt to help you out in your difficulties, and, while I'm glad it works for you with Eloquence, I had serious doubts whether it would help everybody with all synthesizers. Smile Indeed, I have noticed a little delay when moving over caps using the Microsoft Speech Platform synthesizer. Ah, but this is how we learn and progress, isn't it? smile
Thanks to you and everyone for the feedback, and please keep it coming. Best regards, Rod -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Rick Thomas via Talk Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 4:51 AM To: 'Don H'; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Subject: RE: Cap enhanced app Hi: I peeked at the code and it looks like he sends the request to however WE Handles the request and then WE forwards the request to the synth, think that is what is going on. You can google to see if your synth allows for pitch changes and if it does Contac t AI Squared since I don't know if there is a way of working directly with the synth via a script without getting pretty deep. It works well with my Eloquence synth but I don't think I remember it working with the Microsoft synth and I think I remember the Microsoft synth supporting pitch changes but since I am so weak in this arena will just mention that googling or contacting a synth manufacturer is a good jump off point to find out what is possible. It is really nice to have my caps spoken in a higher pitch again and should be a basic feature of any screen reader - and usually is. PS: I had to turn off the speaking of caps in a higher pitch in the WE Control Panel for the Screen since it was really slowing down speech but the CapEnhance does not have this problem at all. Rick USA -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+ofbgmail=mi.rr....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Don H via Talk Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 5:27 PM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Subject: Cap enhanced app Is the Cap Enhanced app supposed to raise the pitch on caps when using either the vocalizer or vocalizer Expressive speech syns? On my system it does not. _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/ofbgmail%40mi. rr.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40h otmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
