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12.2 dtk-speak Options

Commentary: Defines the TTS interface.

Automatically generated documentation for options defined in module dtk-speak. These options are customizable via Emacs' Custom interface.

— Variable: User Option dtk-cleanup-patterns

List of repeating patterns to clean up. You can use command `dtk-add-cleanup-pattern' bound to C-e d a to add more patterns. Specify patterns that people use to decorate their ASCII files, and cause untold pain to the speech synthesizer.

If more than 3 consecutive occurrences of a specified pattern is found, the TTS engine replaces it with a repeat count.

— Variable: User Option dtk-resume-should-toggle

*T means `dtk-resume' acts as a toggle.

— Variable: User Option dtk-speak-nonprinting-chars

*Option that specifies handling of non-printing chars. Non nil value means non printing characters should be spoken as their octal value. Set this to t to avoid a dectalk bug that makes the speech box die if it seems some accented characters in certain contexts.

— Variable: User Option dtk-speech-rate-base

*Value of lowest tolerable speech rate.

— Variable: User Option dtk-speech-rate-step

*Value of speech rate increment. This determines step size used when setting speech rate via command `dtk-set-predefined-speech-rate'. Formula used is dtk-speech-rate-base + dtk-speech-rate-step*level.

— Variable: User Option dtk-startup-hook

List of hooks to be run after starting up the speech server. Set things like speech rate, punctuation mode etc in this hook.

— Variable: User Option dtk-stop-immediately-while-typing

*Set it to nil if you dont want speech to flush as you type. You can use command `dtk-toggle-stop-immediately-while-typing' bound to C-e d I to toggle this setting.

— Variable: User Option dtk-use-tones

Allow tones to be turned off.

— Variable: User Option tts-strip-octals

Set to T to strip all octal chars before speaking. Particularly useful for web browsing.