[BlindMath] Sppech amount in MathPlayer

Thu May 2 22:11:01 UTC 2019

The MathPlayer speech rules are in user-changeable plain text files in
(typically) C:\Program Files (x86)\Design Science\MathPlayer\Rules. If you
are brave, you can make changes to them including adding, removing, or
changing the amount of pausing. Most of the pausing commands are in the
files simple-speech-base.tdl and en/ClearSpeak-en.tdl if you are using the
ClearSpeak style.

Neil Soiffer

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 6:05 PM Frankel, Lois E via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> There are three currently-defined speech styles: MathSpeak, Simple Speech,
> and ClearSpeak. They employ different rules for speaking the math.
> MathSpeak is closest to following Nemeth Code conventions; Simple Speech is
> more "natural" and also fairly terse. ClearSpeak focuses on naturalness and
> tends to be more verbose. Within styles, terse, normal, and verbose
> variations are possible. I don't remember if we implemented those
> variations for the ClearSpeak style. Neil Soiffer would likely remember.
>
> Try out the variations and see which ones you prefer.
>
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> From: BlindMath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Akashdeep Bansal via BlindMath
> Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 10:00 AM
> To: Bob Mathews <bob at wiris.com>
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> those interested in mathematics <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Sppech amount in MathPlayer
>
> Hello Bob,
>
> Thank you for your response. I still didn't get how this is different from
> speech style? Speech styles also controls the verbosity using other cues
> like pause, as per my understanding.
>
> I found some convention differences. Is it possible to adapt speech rules
> in MathPlayer according to local conventions?
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 6:29 PM Bob Mathews <bob at wiris.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello Akashdeep,
> >
> > From the MathPlayer User Manual: "Speech amount: Controls amount of
> > speech used to speak an expression. If you are an expert, you might
> > prefer a "Terse" reading but if you are learning math or don't use it
> > frequently, you might want to choose "Full". Default: Full. Other
> > values are Medium and Terse."
> >
> > That explanation could probably use some more explanation, but that's
> > something to go on anyway.
> >
> > (You can get to the MathPlayer User Manual by clicking Help in the
> > MathPlayer settings dialog.)
> >
> > Bob Mathews
> > Wiris America
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> > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 7:32 AM Akashdeep Bansal via BlindMath <
> > blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> There is an option named as Speech amount in MathPlayer settings. It
> >> is giving three options: Terse, Medium, Full. Does anyone know, what
> >> does it mean?
> >>
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