Re: [Emacspeak] Question about semantic meaning of voice definitions

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think there is any consensus regarding which voice is used to
represent a specific semantic mapping. It would be difficult to do so as
speech syntheizers vary greatly with regards to voice characterstcs and
available voices. Individual taste also comes into play. We vary greatly
in what voices we like/dislike or even which ones we find easier/harder
to understand (especially at high speaking rates)

However, if you look at the voice-defs.el file, you will
see some info in the comment section at the start of the file as well as
the default mappings of some voices to various semantics, such as errors
or the various voice locking faces. This might provide some guidance or
at the very least, some ideas.

Keep in mind that Raman tends to use either outloud or the softwsare
dectalk, so many of the mappings are based around what works well with
those synths. Also note that Emacs has been making some changes to font
locking and the set of defined font lock categories in recent versions
of Emacs. It is likely that some updates will be required at some point
in the future. As it stands right now, I think some groups have been
marked as obsolete. 


"Arkadiusz" (via emacspeak Mailing List) <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
> is there any consesus on what voices should be used for what behaviors? I wish to make
> some voice maps for some modes, but I feel lost. Voice-bold, Voice-bold-extra ETC are more
> or less self-explanatory. But what's voice-overlay, or smoothen?
>
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