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From: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray)
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Subject: Re: VOCAL EYES "A TREASUREHOUSE"
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Date: 6 Nov 90 14:09:34 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 GD> I've got a suggestion for you for future releases of
 GD> Vocal-Eyes.  If it wouldn't be to much trouble, why not try to
 GD> include the ability for Vocal-Eyes to read capitalized text
 GD> with a raise in pitch, the word cap before said letter, or
 GD> possible a beep or tone before the letter.  I have been able to
 GD> get capitalization identification when in review mode by pitch
 GD> and can set the keyboard so that I get a caps indication. For
 GD> me this had not been a problem but it came up in a
 GD> demonstration I was doing the other day where we were using the
 GD> TYPE command and the client wanted to know what letters were
 GD> capitalized.  Just a thought. Keep up the good work.

Grant,
  Thanks for the advice.  One of the problems we had while developing
Vocal-Eyes was what should be part of Vocal-Eyes and what should be
part of the synthesizer.  For example, the Sounding Board has a
capitalization alert built into it.  However, if you are using a different
synthesizer you would not have this feature.  We decided at the time
not to duplicate the function in Vocal-Eyes since it was already in the
Sounding Board.

I believe at some point I will add this feature to Vocal-Eyes.  But tell
me, what would you want spoken on a word such as 'McDonalds', or a
word in total captal letters?

Regards,
  Doug

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