[moneytalks] Re: A Question of Self Voicing
- From: "Steve Zielinski" <steveziel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:13:10 -0500
Rob,
It very well might. Part of the reason I wasn't using my screen reader with
money talks is that the columns wer at times narrower than the data in them,
so the use of window eyes would only read what was on the screen, the mt
synthe reads the whole cell with no fuss or muss. I've have played with the
width a bit and now most of all my cells are read through the screen reader,
though I must admit I've not tried to see if a full 79 character memo would
fully display with my current column settings.
Another reason I use the mt synthe is I hear the contents of the amount cell
when I use the home key, assuming I'm not already in that cell. With window
eyes, I would need to set up a simple set file to read that cell when I hit
the home key, I haven't bothered to do that. It's a similar situation when
I press the end key to jump to the balance column.
I'm guessing that if you essentially got rid of the at and t voice that
comes with the disc version of the program, you might save lisencsing fees
and the effort to support the synthe in future versions of mt, but I'm not
sure, just a guess.
But if all the data that is sent to the at and t voice is sent to the
regular synthe, I might very well just stick with my regular synthesizer.
Best,
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Meredith" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: [moneytalks] Re: A Question of Self Voicing
Steve:
Your point is interesting. What if we were able to speak Money
Talks-specific messages, such as cleared balance, through your screen
reader? This would currently be possible with JAWS, Window-eyes, and System
Access. Would that change you to a screen reader user in Money Talks?
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Zielinski
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:53 PM
To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [moneytalks] Re: A Question of Self Voicing
I to like the idea of enable self voicing yes, no. Only thing is, the
person still would have to turn off their usual synthesizer. I myself
actually prefer the money talks voicing, because of the way it reads the
status line when clearing a transaction, for instance, and the other auto
reading functions.
Since the main market are those using their own speech systems, perhaps not
having self voicing as the default is okay, but my guess is many would
prefer the mt self voicing feature once they turned it on and turned off
their regular synthe.
S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Meredith" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:22 AM
Subject: [moneytalks] A Question of Self Voicing
Hello Money Talks Users. We have a question. Should the self voicing feature
of Money Talks default to on for new users, or should it be switched off by
default, requiring new users who do not use a screen reader to press Ctr+F12
to turn it on? We feel that the self voicing feature defaulting to on makes
it harder for new users who have a screen reader to get started with Money
Talks, because two voices are presented together, and it encourages screen
reader users to use the self voicing feature instead of using their screen
reader. We also feel that most users already have a screen reader, so if
they wanted to use the self voicing feature, they could turn it on with the
assistance of their screen reader.
Thoughts?
Rob
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