[bookport] Re: Possible bug with five key held down
- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:55:33 -0500
I completely agree. This is 100% consistent with the way JAWS works, for
example.
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From: "Bradley Kimbrough" <bt.kimbrough@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Possible bug with five key held down
Don,
I think you have an excellent point that case data and punctuation
should be included in the five command to spell a word. And
personally, I would rather hear a couple of unnecessary characters in
a quick word-spell, than take the time to jump into the menu to turn
them off. For a short routine such as that, I would rather have too
much information than get too little, and then have to go into the
character mode to get everything. In other words, I think you have a
good suggestion there.
Cheers!
B. T. Kimbrough
On 1/8/06, Barrett, Don <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Obviously, when the seven and nine keys are used to traverse a word, all
> punctuation is announced, and pitch raises show capitalization. This is
> good and expected behavior.
>
> However, I think the same thing should happen if the five key is held
> down to spell a word; in other words, even if punctuation is set off,
> holding down the five key should yield all punctuation and reflect pitch
> changes for capitalization (which it now does not). If someone is
> taking the time to hold down the five key, they need to know as much as
> possible about the word under the cursor; this should be the default.
> If many disagree with this, then perhaps a check box in the settings
> options something like "Honor punctuation setting when spelling word."
> If checked, holding down the five key would offer the spelling including
> only the punctuation allowed in the setting for punctuation. If
> unchecked, all punctuation would be read regardless of the punctuation
> setting. I do think however, that pitch signifying capital letters
> should always be honored when the five key is held down.
>
> Don
>
>
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