Comment 1 by Ahiiron on 2011-06-25 18:44
What synth does this? I don't ever recall espeak doing this, though I might be wrong on other synths.

Either way, one can setup user dictionary rules for these symbols.

Comment 2 by briang1 on 2011-06-25 22:58
I think we need to hear where these emoticons are that are being described. Chat programs often use their own and I noted the other day some websites do also. None have ever spoken to my knowledge in espeak, but I think some of the sapi 5 voices have some kind of read ahead that lets them do this.
If its the ones mentioned made just of punctuation symbols, then I'd imagine the dictionaries could help here. This is anothe ramification of not letting the synth do its thing with punctuation. You seem to need some kind of filter with some synths and to create rules in dictionaries for others.

Comment 3 by nvdakor on 2014-04-29 00:02
Hi,
For anyone interested in this ticket, please take a look at the following add-on:
http://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/emoticons.en.html

This sounds like it can be resolved with the Emoticons addon or with user dictionary rules. Also, some websites and programs have their own versions of the symbols that read correctly. (Skype and Facebook, for example)

@jcsteh or @feerrenrut any idea if this is a close because of the addon, or a p4/p3?

Speaking of Emoji is definitely in scope (covered by #6523). Emoticons are a bit more risky because they can match combinations of symbols which appear elsewhere. @michaelDCurran, thoughts?

Possibly related issues: #909, #3530

As requested by @jcsteh in #1608 (comment), @michaelDCurran, thoughts? Just a gentle reminder in case that comment got inadvertently skipped earlier.

I don't think we need to support Emoticons as it is possible to understand them as punctuation symbols. Also, an add-on exists for this already. Emoji on the other hand needs to be supported directly.