I think it would. When you try to listen to if(a=b)==(c=d)==5){ it gets hard to track all the equals signs, to say nothing of when jaws tries to use intonation to indicate an exclamation point instead of speaking it. Too bad the dictionary thing is not working, and the Netbeans project sounds great! Have a great day, Alex New email address: mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Andreas Stefik To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 11:04 AM Subject: Re: edsharp and screen readers: suggestion Alex, This is the type of thing we do in Sodbeans. For a given programming language, we create a "mapping" between what the syntax in the language is and what the semantics of the language is. Then, depending on context, we present the semantics cues instead of the raw syntax. Now, if you have a syntax error, obviously you need the raw characters, so you can get that too, but it's funny that you mention this, as it's exactly what we're doing. And we ran a study comparing various cue architectures (e.g., syntax, semantics). It isn't conclusive on this issue, but I think I can argue with a certain degree of confidence that this idea actually does speed up working with source code for the blind. So, I heartily approve this message! Stefik On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I tried this earlier today, and it did nothing! I think maybe it is the string being only punctuation that is throwing it off. I will keep playing with it, though. Have a great day, Alex New email address: mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Elf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:30 PM Subject: Re: edsharp and screen readers: suggestion ah, smile ahead of me by a mile already! of course its Jamal, what did I expect, lol! elf proprietor, The Grab Bag, for blind computer users and programmers http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises "own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!" www.alacorncomputer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:14 AM Subject: RE: edsharp and screen readers: suggestion Hi, I'm not sure how many JAWS versions this goes back, but the dictionary manager was really beefed up to include all kinds of neet stuff like playing sounds, speaking strings with different voices, and so on. You could start working on a personal dictionary file for EdSharp that would do this kind of thing for you. I was just reading the dictionary manager help for the new JAWS 11. It says you can use different synthesizers and voices to speak things, play sounds for strings, speak and play sounds for strings at the same time, and more. Just go into the dictionary manager and press F1 to get into the documentation and check it out. I think you'll be able to solve your issue this way. Jim -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The Elf Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:13 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: edsharp and screen readers: suggestion interesting idea, I know it could be done in jaws, and probably window eyes, but the others I have no clue if it could be done, Jamal, if you decide to add this, you might want to give it the option to use one of a set of very short sounds for those readers that don't have multi voice output abilities, smile. take care, elf proprietor, The Grab Bag, for blind computer users and programmers http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises "own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!" www.alacorncomputer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Blind Programming List" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:07 AM Subject: edsharp and screen readers: suggestion Hi all, I was thinking that it might be good to have an option to define certain character sequences to be spoken differently. For example, to be able to define == (two equals signs) to be spoken as "equals", but in the tutor message voice instead of the regular voice. This would help a lot when looking through code to see if you forgot an equals sign in an if statement or for loop; if you do not hear "equals" in the tutor voice, then there is only one equals sign there. Similar to this would be ++ (plus plus), -- (dash dash), and any other sequence you want to define. What do people think? Have a great day, Alex New email address: mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. 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