Reading speed resetting to default (possibly solved)
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 3:01 pm
Hi folks, Jim
Problem:
TextAloud version 3.x reading speed reverting to default while reading.
Solution (at least one):
ASCII character 187, "right double angle quotes", causes this behavior. Filtering that character in "Character speaking and filtering" appears to mitigate.
Background:
Since the first betas of version 3 I've been having a problem with TextAloud suddenly switching to the default speed from whatever faster speed I had set. Try as I might I could not seem to reliably replicate the problem, thinking that it was some combination of my speech recognition software, TextAloud, hardware or whatever. Jim made great efforts to help me with the problem but without some decent clue he didn't have much to work with. Also, my hardware and my speech recognition software were both pretty old. We agreed to leave it until I got new stuff. I have new stuff.
So, for anyone affected, this should help.
Jim, if this is an easily fixable bug you may wish to put on your list of things to do. Or you may have some other suggestion. In any case, thanks for all your efforts. I do still have that little speed problem which I will address separately.
Bruce
Problem:
TextAloud version 3.x reading speed reverting to default while reading.
Solution (at least one):
ASCII character 187, "right double angle quotes", causes this behavior. Filtering that character in "Character speaking and filtering" appears to mitigate.
Background:
Since the first betas of version 3 I've been having a problem with TextAloud suddenly switching to the default speed from whatever faster speed I had set. Try as I might I could not seem to reliably replicate the problem, thinking that it was some combination of my speech recognition software, TextAloud, hardware or whatever. Jim made great efforts to help me with the problem but without some decent clue he didn't have much to work with. Also, my hardware and my speech recognition software were both pretty old. We agreed to leave it until I got new stuff. I have new stuff.
So, for anyone affected, this should help.
Jim, if this is an easily fixable bug you may wish to put on your list of things to do. Or you may have some other suggestion. In any case, thanks for all your efforts. I do still have that little speed problem which I will address separately.
Bruce