[BlindMath] Sppech amount in MathPlayer

Mon May 6 06:11:29 UTC 2019

Thank you Frankel and Neil. I got it.

On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 3:42 AM Neil Soiffer via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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>
> > Cc: Akashdeep Bansal <akashdeep.bansal4 at gmail.com>; Blind Math list for
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> > 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
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Thanks and Regards
> > >> Akashdeep Bansal
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Thanks and Regards
Akashdeep Bansal
Research Scholar (PhD)
Amar Nath and Shashi Khosla School of Information Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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