Dave Mielke <d...@mielke.cc> writes: > [quoted lines by Øyvind Lode on 2015/12/02 at 12:21 +0100] > >>* BRLTTY is splitting words. >>I need to pan my device to read the rest of a word because it's split. >>Also annoying. > > That's how brltty works when in eight-dot braille mode. This is so that as > much > as possible can be displayed at a time. We could add a preference setting if > you're finding it really bothersome. It's just that noone has asked for it > before.
While I am personally unlikely to use this feature, I know that it is being offered in JAWS at least. In fact, I remember having to turn it off, because they had it enabled as default for new installations. Come to think of it, I seem to remember that VoiceOver does something similar on iOS and Mac OS X. This seems to indicate that there is a number of users around that would actually prefer this behaviour. It is going to feel very strange for those of us used to a straight 1-to-1 mapping in 8-dot mode. But I guess it could be useful to some as an option. It is a bit like forbidding hyphenation during type-setting. Bad for maximisation, but sometimes good for a nice reading-flow. When underlyining attributes in this new mode, we should include *one* space before stopping. This is what I have seen in other screen readers, and it makes quite a lot of sense. -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
