[BRLTTY] SPEAK_NEXT_WORD and word boundaries in Debian Trixie

Eric Scheibler email at eric-scheibler.de
Mon Jan 26 00:22:20 UTC 2026


Dave Mielke <Dave at mielke.cc> schrieb am 22.01.2026, 14:01 -0500:
> [quoted lines by Dave Mielke on 2026/01/22 at 13:48 -0500]
> 
> >It's already bound to CapsLock + Shift + kp3. See the kp_say subtable. Is that okay?
> 
> I wrote that far too quickly and got it wrong. For the laptop table, kpSay is Capslock + Shift, and, as you already know, kpAlt is Control and kpThree is the period. All the ASPK_* commands are bound to kpSay+kpAlt. So: ASPK_IS_CHARS is Capslock + Shift + Control + Period.

Right, works. Let's keep it this way.

> There's an additional update, by the way, to ensure that all punctuation is spoken when spelling. Also another one which slows down speech navigation autorepeat so that you can actually hear what's going on.

Yes, that's useful. Maybe slow it down even a little bit more?

Besides that, I think we are done here. Thank you.

Cheers
Eric


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