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[John Covici <covici AT ccs.covici.com>]

Probably that would be fine, at least its better than not having any
indication.

On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:40:45 -0400,
Robert Melton (via emacspeak Mailing List) wrote:
> 
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> Bart--
> 
> I will likely dive in and fix them because the rewrite is going slower than 
> I expected, since I have to do a lot of stuff manually that we used to get 
> for free... plus I just realized how the python server used sync to trigger 
> mid-line interjections for doing some things. 
> 
> Thinking about it, I am not completely sure what the right way to pronounce 
> HelloWorld should be with pitch shift, as the pitch shift can't happen 
> intraword, is the expectation split caps? 
> 
> What is the "right" way to do it.
> 
> 
> > On Aug 29, 2023, at 11:59, Bart Bunting <bart AT bunting.net.au> wrote:
> > 
> > Hey Robert,
> > That’s great news! Glad to hear you’re still working on it.
> > Don’t stress about updating the older server if it will take away from 
> > what you’re doing on the new one. I’m more than happy to wait.
> > Also happy to do any testing if that’s helpful to you.
> > Regards
> > 
> > Bart
> > 
> >> On 30 Aug 2023, at 1:46 am, Robert Melton <lists AT robertmelton.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> It is absolutely alive and kicking, I am actually about 50% done with a 
> >> complete rewrite which uses a more modern mac sound system allowing a 
> >> bunch of great improvements and much better long term support from 
> >> Apple. 
> >> 
> >> I  have the code for pitch change in there already and I can go ahead 
> >> and enable it, but be aware, it sounds somehow "wrong" to me, the shift 
> >> seems too intense and I have not be able to get to the bottom of it.  
> >> 
> >> That along with the crash bug in the heavy use of dynamically created 
> >> tones are my two annoyances... happens to me often when I am "riding the 
> >> backspace" key to delete stuff.
> >> 
> >> I should put able to put in the pitch change stuff later today, and I 
> >> got an idea on how to fix the crash on heavy tone generation but since 
> >> the new server doesn't seem to have that problem, I likely will punt on 
> >> it. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On Aug 29, 2023, at 11:38, Bart Bunting (via emacspeak Mailing List) 
> >>> <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Hi Robbert et al,
> >>> 
> >>> I guess this question is directed to Robert but happy if anyone has any 
> >>> info.
> >>> I have been using the swiftMac server on and off for some time. Find it 
> >>> very responsive. However, there are a few things that are still not 
> >>> quite up to scratch. The biggest irritation for me is no indication of 
> >>> capitalisation with pitch change. And in an ideal world, I’d love to 
> >>> have the caps beeps back but a much more minor issue.
> >>> There don’t appear to have been any commits to the git repository in 
> >>> some time. Is there any plan to continue development of this server? 
> >>> 
> >>> Kind regards
> >>> 
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> >> -- 
> >> Robert "robertmeta" Melton
> >> 
> 
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> Robert "robertmeta" Melton
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