[Speechd] KTTS and SpeechD integration

Milan Zamazal pdm at freebsoft.org
Sun May 8 17:52:59 CEST 2005


>>>>> "HH" == Hynek Hanke <hanke at brailcom.org> writes:

    HH> I think it should also be somehow included in the TTS API specs
    HH> discussed on freedesktop.org. The point 4.7 (NICE TO HAVE) is
    HH> somehow similar to this requirement, although a bit more
    HH> general.

[...]

    HH> I propose to prepend a SHOULD HAVE point requiring the TTS to at
    HH> least be able to start reading from a specified index mark, as
    HH> described above.

Please send the suggestion together with a proper explanation of the
motivation to the appropriate freedesktop.org mailing list.

    HH> My point was just to explain that generally a reader like
    HH> Gnopernicus won't be the only application that needs it's speech
    HH> to get through so that accessibility is ensured. There even
    HH> might be more important messages that what gets out of
    HH> Gnopernicus or speechd-el.

    HH> A user probably doesn't want the message ``You have an incomming
    HH> call from Milan Zamazal'' be interrupted or thrown away by
    HH> messages caused by him writing a letter in a text editor.

IMHO applications shouldn't decide about importance or the particular
way of presentation of such messages.  They should just provide enough
information for such decisions to application readers (such as
Gnopernicus).

Regards,

Milan Zamazal

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