Wanted to update the read to end and Facebook status character bug report to mention that maybe this isn't ESpeak specific, but Mozilla Firefox specific. I don't have these behaviors happening in Internet Explorer, for instance, or other edit box controls. But in Mozilla, most surely.
On 9/12/15, Keith Hinton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > I only have ESpeak and the Microsoft Speech platform here at the > moment as voice options, but the issues I have written about appear to > be ESpeak specific. > I know from experience that Eloquence wouldn't do this out of the box, > etc as well. > I was able to read the last Facebook status that was reading in a > strange way perfectly with the Microsoft speech platform, that didn't > read right using ESpeak. > Cool, I guess, grin! > Regards, > Keith. > However, I can reproduce one issue, regardless of speech synthesizer > utilized with the latest stable Window-Eyes. > That read to end bug I wrote about where the last word Window-Eyes > encounters gets repeated, in this case my name a few moments ago, > repeated Keith over and over and over without pause until I shut up > speech myself, and I don't have ESpeak being used at the moment. > Only work around for that particular bug is to put a blank line at the > eend of a email, etc. > However, I should note this behavior is happening inside Mozilla > Firefox, and surprisingly, not Notepad as my test application! > Wow! > Mozilla Firefox is my default browser. > And if it helps, always use the cursor keys to navigate with in pages > is checked under the options area, I wonder if that's causing some of > fthis behavior like read to end being odd? > > On 9/12/15, Marc Solomon via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: >> Keith, >> Can you reproduce these issues using a different synthesizer? >> Marc >> >> Sent with AquaMail for Android >> http://www.aqua-mail.com >> >> >> On September 12, 2015 12:10:55 PM Keith Hinton via Talk >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> I'm currently running Windows 7 64 bit Professional, Window-Eyes 9.2, >>> Office 2010, and the latest version of Mozilla Firefox is installed, >>> with all Window-Eyes apps currently updated. >>> I have tested this with multiple video resolutions, and no matter what >>> I change it to, it doesn't help. >>> What is happening is that on m.Facebook.com, even with a maximized >>> browser window, Window-Eyes while reading statuses totally skips over >>> characters that I know are on the screen. Redrawing the screen, >>> changing video resolutions, etc doesn't help. So, here is an example. >>> I might type a status like: >>> Hi folks, I'm hanging out and sending the bug reports like I usually >>> do. >>> But Window-Eyes will read once it's posted something like this: >>> Hi folks, I'm hanging out and sending th bug reports like I usual do. >>> It's totally skipping over characters that no other sccreen reader, >>> NVDA, JAWS, System Access, etc, is missing on the screen while using >>> m.Facebook.com. >>> I have tested with all of the above tools here, and include them in my >>> description of the problem. >>> Only Window-Eyes, which is my primary start up screen reader, has this >>> problem. >>> The other bug report I want to mention is that during a read to end, >>> Window-Eyes on large web pages with loads of comments etc sometimes >>> pauses for ages before continueing to speak then pauses, for over five >>> seconds on some pages, then continues reading, but ultimately stops >>> reading all together. >>> Also, if the last line in a read to end is not a blank line, >>> Window-Eyes will forever repeat the last word it landed on. >>> For an example, feel free to read any of the reviews on: >>> http://www.aworkathomebusinesses.com >>> >>> You will find that there can be over 200 comments and that if you >>> start a say all, this odd pausing bug will occur. >>> As for the last line being repeated forever if the last line is not a >>> blank line in a read to end? >>> Find anything, text, Word, or whatever documents, or maybe web pages >>> (haven't tested those), put lots of text in to a document, insure the >>> last line contains a word, and whatever word that cursor lands on >>> should repeat continuesly without control being pressed to shut up >>> speech. >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Keith >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/msolomon%40aisquared.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/keithint1234%40gmail.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. 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