version 19.9b1

undo "now volume, rate and speed default parameters are send at start of speak method on ibmeci." Return to 19.b2.
update now speech parameters on realtime are send via dll rater than annotations.
fix NVDA 2019.2 doesn't change pitch when read upercase letters.
fix sometimes voice parameters are sent delayed

addon/synthDrivers/_ibmeci.py

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def eciCheck():
 	ttsPath =  config.conf.profiles[0]['ibmeci']['TTSPath']
 
 	if  not path.isabs(ttsPath):
-		ttsPath = path.join(path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__)), ttsPath)
+		ttsPath = path.abspath(path.join(path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__)), ttsPath))
 		if path.exists(ttsPath): iniCheck()
 	if not path.exists(ttsPath): return False
 	if dll: return True
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ def setVParam(pr, vl):
 	param_event.wait()
 	param_event.clear()
 
+def setProsodyParam(pr, vl):
+	dll.eciSetVoiceParam(handle, 0, pr, vl)
+
 def setVariant(v):
 	user32.PostThreadMessageA(eciThreadId, WM_COPYVOICE, v, 0)
 	param_event.wait()

addon/synthDrivers/ibmeci.py

@@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ def unicode(s):
 	re.compile(r'(\w+)\.([a-zA-Z]+)'): r'\1 dot \2',
 	re.compile(r'([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)@(\w+)'): r'\1 at \2',
 }
+
 french_fixes = { re.compile(r'([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)@(\w+)'): r'\1 arobase \2' }
+
 spanish_fixes = {
 	#for emails
 	re.compile(r'([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)@(\w+)'): r'\1 arroba \2',
 	re.compile(u'([€$]\d{1,3})((\s\d{3})+\.\d{2})'): r'\1 \2',
 }
 
-
 variants = {
 	1:"Reed",
 	2:"Shelley",
@@ -132,20 +133,19 @@ def __init__(self):
 		self.variant="1"
 
 	PROSODY_ATTRS = {
-		speech.PitchCommand: b'vb',
-		speech.VolumeCommand: b'vv',
-		speech.RateCommand: b'vs',
+		speech.PitchCommand: ECIVoiceParam.eciPitchBaseline,
+		speech.VolumeCommand: ECIVoiceParam.eciVolume,
+		speech.RateCommand: ECIVoiceParam.eciSpeed,
 	}
 
 	def speak(self,speechSequence):
 		last = None
 		defaultLanguage=self.language
 		outlist = []
-		outlist.append((_ibmeci.speak, (b'`ts0 `pp0 `vb%d `vs%d `vv%d ' %(self.pitch, _ibmeci.getVParam(ECIVoiceParam.eciSpeed), self.volume),)))
+		outlist.append((_ibmeci.speak, (b"`ts0",)))
 		for item in speechSequence:
 			if isinstance(item, string_types):
 				s = self.processText(unicode(item))
-				if not s: continue
 				outlist.append((_ibmeci.speak, (s,)))
 				last = s
 			elif isinstance(item,speech.IndexCommand):
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ def speak(self,speechSequence):
 			elif type(item) in self.PROSODY_ATTRS:
 				val = max(0, min(item.newValue, 100))
 				if type(item) == speech.RateCommand: val = self.percentToRate(val)
-				outlist.append((_ibmeci.speak, (b' `%s%d ' %(self.PROSODY_ATTRS[type(item)], val),)))
+				outlist.append((_ibmeci.setProsodyParam, (self.PROSODY_ATTRS[type(item)], val)))
 			else:
-				log.error("Unknown speech: %s" %item)
-		if last and str(last[-1]) not in punctuation: outlist.append((_ibmeci.speak, (b'`p1. ',)))
+				log.error("Unknown speech: %s"%item)
+		if last is not None and not str(last[-1]) in punctuation: outlist.append((_ibmeci.speak, (b'`p1. ',)))
 		outlist.append((_ibmeci.setEndStringMark, ()))
 		outlist.append((_ibmeci.synth, ()))
 		_ibmeci.eciQueue.put(outlist)
@@ -185,19 +185,20 @@ def processText(self,text):
 			text = resub(french_fixes, text)
 			text = text.replace('quil', 'qil') #Sometimes this string make everything buggy with IBMTTS in French
 		if self._backquoteVoiceTags:
-			text = text.replace('`', ' ') #no embedded commands
-			text = text.encode('mbcs', 'replace')
-			text = resub(anticrash_res, text)
 			#this converts to ansi for anticrash. If this breaks with foreign langs, we can remove it.
+			text = text.replace('`', ' ').encode('mbcs', 'replace') #no embedded commands
+			text = b"`pp0 `vv%d %s" % (_ibmeci.getVParam(ECIVoiceParam.eciVolume), text)
+			text = resub(anticrash_res, text)
 		else:
 			#this converts to ansi for anticrash. If this breaks with foreign langs, we can remove it.
 			text = text.encode('mbcs', 'replace')
-			text = text.replace(b'`', b' ') #no embedded commands
 			text = resub(anticrash_res, text)
+			text = b"`pp0 `vv%d %s" % (_ibmeci.getVParam(ECIVoiceParam.eciVolume), text.replace(b'`', b' ')) #no embedded commands
 		text = pause_re.sub(br'\1 `p1\2\3', text)
 		text = time_re.sub(br'\1:\2 \3', text)
 		return text
 
+
 	def pause(self,switch):
 		_ibmeci.pause(switch)
 
@@ -224,7 +225,6 @@ def _set_rateBoost(self, enable):
 			self._rateBoost = enable
 			self.rate = rate
 
-
 	def _get_rate(self):
 		val = _ibmeci.getVParam(ECIVoiceParam.eciSpeed)
 		if self._rateBoost: val=int(round(val/self.RATE_BOOST_MULTIPLIER))

buildVars.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	# Translators: Long description to be shown for this add-on on add-on information from add-ons manager
 	"addon_description" : _("""This is the IBMTTS synthesizer driver for NVDA."""),
 	# version
-	"addon_version" : "19.8B4",
+	"addon_version" : "19.9B1",
 	# Author(s)
 	"addon_author" : u"David CM <dhf360@gmail.com> and others",
 	# URL for the add-on documentation support