Ticket #43: repeated_chars.patch

source/speech.py

@@ -62 +62 @@
 def terminate():
         setSynth(None)
 
+RE_REPEATED_CHARS = re.compile(r"(([\W_])\2{3,})")
+def _replaceRepeatedChars(m):
+        return _("%s %d times ") % (m.group(2), len(m.group(1)))
+
 def processTextSymbols(text,expandPunctuation=False):
         if (text is None) or (len(text)==0) or (isinstance(text,basestring) and (set(text)<=set(characterSymbols.blankList))):
                 return _("blank") 
         #Convert non-breaking spaces to spaces
         if isinstance(text,basestring):
                 text=text.replace(u'\xa0',u' ')
+        text = RE_REPEATED_CHARS.sub(_replaceRepeatedChars, text)
         text = userDictHandler.processText(text)
         #expands ^ and ~ so they can be used as protector symbols
         #Expands special sentence punctuation keeping the origional physical symbol but protected by ^ and ~

source/userdicts/default.dic

@@ -1 +1 @@
 #General NVDA dictionary
 #syntax: record fields divided by tab character
 
-#Limit groups of the same character to 5 or less.
-([\W])\1{5,}    \1\1\1\1\1
 #break up words that use a capital letter to denote another word
 ([a-z])([A-Z])  \1 \2
 #Break away a word starting with a capital from a fully uppercase word