[BRLTTY] Say Time

[Mario Lang]

Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> writes:

> [quoted lines by Mario Lang on 2012/05/21 at 14:31 +0200]
>
>>Actually, many well-known screen readers for GUI environments have "Say
>>Time" in one or another incarnation.  I personally find it quite useful
>>on these systems, so I'd vote for yes, please.  Actually, it could even
>>make sense to show the time in braille, saves you from finding an
>>unoccupied console for typing "date".
>
> Or for unlocking a screen session.

Yes.

> What format should the date and time be shown in? I guess we could have a 
> submenu with a few options. Which choices should we offer?

12/24 hour format (AM/PM on/off) comes to mind.

> Also, is it possible that date/time is one value which may best be
> represented differently in braille versus speech?

I guess yes.  While some speech backends implement some matching rules
to speak typical shorthand date/time formats correctly, not all do.  So
we could try to generate an already "expanded" string for speech.

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