Fix 2026.03.02 release versioning

# Conflicts:
#	distro-packages/Arch-Linux/PKGBUILD
#	meson.build
#	src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py

clean-local.sh

@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ set -e  # Exit on error
 
 # Colors for output (only if stdout is a terminal)
 if [[ -t 1 ]]; then
-    RED='\033[0;31m'
     GREEN='\033[0;32m'
     YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
     BLUE='\033[0;34m'
     NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 else
-    RED=''
     GREEN=''
     YELLOW=''
     BLUE=''
@@ -56,12 +54,6 @@ if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
     
     # Remove data files
     
-    # Remove desktop files
-    if [[ -f "$HOME/.local/share/applications/cthulhu-autostart.desktop" ]]; then
-        rm -f "$HOME/.local/share/applications/cthulhu-autostart.desktop"
-        echo "  Removed: ~/.local/share/applications/cthulhu-autostart.desktop"
-    fi
-    
     # Remove icons
     for size in 16x16 22x22 24x24 32x32 48x48 256x256 scalable symbolic; do
         icon_path="$HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/$size/apps"

cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Type=Application
-Name=Cthulhu Screen Reader
-Exec=cthulhu
-NoDisplay=true
-# Desktop-neutral autostart - no GNOME-specific conditions
-# Users can enable/disable via their desktop environment's accessibility settings
-# or by adding/removing this file from ~/.config/autostart/
-X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
-Categories=Accessibility;
-Keywords=screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;

distro-packages/Arch-Linux/PKGBUILD

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Storm Dragon <storm_dragon@stormux.org>
 
 pkgname=cthulhu
-pkgver=2026.02.17
+pkgver=2026.03.02
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Desktop-agnostic screen reader with plugin system, forked from Orca"
 url="https://git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ makedepends=(
 )
 install=cthulhu.install
 source=(
-  "git+https://git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu.git"
+  "git+https://git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu.git#tag=${pkgver}"
   "cthulhu.install"
 )
 b2sums=(
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ b2sums=(
   'SKIP'
 )
 
-pkgver() {
-  cd cthulhu
-  grep "^version = " src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/'
-}
-
 build() {
   cd cthulhu
   arch-meson _build

meson.build

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('cthulhu',
-  version: '2026.02.17-master',
+  version: '2026.03.02-master',
   meson_version: '>= 1.0.0',
 )
 
@@ -93,16 +93,6 @@ else
   summary += {'sound support': 'no (missing gstreamer)'}
 endif
 
-# Integration with session startup
-i18n.merge_file(
-  input: 'cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in',
-  output: '@BASENAME@',
-  type: 'desktop',
-  po_dir: meson.project_source_root() / 'po',
-  install: true,
-  install_dir: get_option('sysconfdir') / 'xdg' / 'autostart',
-)
-
 # Update icon cache manually (desktop-neutral) - optional, ignore failures
 gtk_update_icon_cache = find_program('gtk4-update-icon-cache', required: false)
 if gtk_update_icon_cache.found()

po/POTFILES.in

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # List of source files containing translatable strings.
 # Please keep this file sorted alphabetically.
-cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in
 src/cthulhu/braille_rolenames.py
 src/cthulhu/brltablenames.py
 src/cthulhu/chnames.py

po/ab.po

@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-DamnedLies-Scope: partial\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/an.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 1.6.10\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lector de pantalla Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "lector de pantalla; fabla; braille;"

po/ar.po

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "&& n%100<=10 ? 3 : n%100>=11 && n%100<=99 ? 4 : 5;\n"
 "X-Poedit-Language: Arabic\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "قارئ الشاشة Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "شاشة;قارئ;إمكانية الوصول;كلام;برايل;"
 

po/ast.po

@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Poedit-Language: Asturian\n"
 "X-Poedit-SourceCharset: utf-8\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Llector de pantalla d'Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/be.po

@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Чытач з экрана Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "чытач з экрана;экран;голас;маўленне;Брайль;"

po/bg.po

@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu — екранен четец"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "екран;четец;достъпност;говор;брайл;"
 

po/bn.po

@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: KBabel 1.9.1\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "অর্কা স্ক্রীন রিডার / বিবর্ধন"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/bn_IN.po

@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: KBabel 1.9.1\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu'র বৈশিষ্ট্য"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/bs.po

@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Launchpad-Export-Date: 2015-02-05 06:46+0000\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 1.7.4\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu čitač ekrana"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "čitač ekrana;govor;brailleovo pismo;"
 

po/ca.po

@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lector de pantalla Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "pantalla;lector;accessibilitat;veu;braille;"
 

po/ca@valencia.po

@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 1.8.11\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lector de pantalla Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "lector de pantalla;pronunciació;braille;"
 

po/ckb.po

@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Launchpad-Export-Date: 2020-05-04 21:32+0000\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 2.3\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "خوێنەری پەردەی ئۆرکا"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/cs.po

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=(n==1) ? 0 : (n>=2 && n<=4) ? 1 : 2;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Čtečka obrazovky Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "obrazovka;čtečka;přístupnost;řeč;braille;"
 

po/cy.po

@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=4; plural= (n==1) ? 0 : (n==2) ? 1 : (n != 8 && n != "
 "11) ? 2 : 3;\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Hoffterau Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/da.po

@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.0.1\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Skærmlæseren Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "skærm;læser;tilgængelighed;tale;braille;"
 

po/de.po

@@ -37,11 +37,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu-Bildschirmleser"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "bildschirm;leser;barrierefreiheit;sprache;braille;"
 

po/dz.po

@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Poedit-SourceCharset: utf-8\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n!=1)\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "ཨོར་ཀ་གསལ་གཞི་ལྷག་བྱེད་/ཆེ་ཤེལ་"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/el.po

@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 2.3\n"
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Αναγνώστης οθόνης Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "οθόνη;αναγνώστης;προσβασιμότητα;ομιλία;μπράιγ;"
 

po/en_CA.po

@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/en_GB.po

@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Gtranslator 45.3\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "screen reader;speech;braille;"
 

po/eo.po

@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.2.2\n"
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Ekranlegilo Orko"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "ekranlegilo;parolo;brajlo;"

po/es.po

@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
 "X-Generator: Gtranslator 45.alpha0\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lector de pantalla Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "lector;pantalla;accesibilidad;voz;braille;"
 

po/et.po

@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu ekraanilugeja ja luup"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/eu.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu pantaila-irakurlea"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "pantaila;irakurlea;irisgarritasuna;mintzamena;braillea;"
 

po/fa.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.4\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "صفحه‌خوان اورکا"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/fi.po

@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 "X-Poedit-Bookmarks: 814,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu-näytönlukija"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "näyttö;lukija;saavutettavuus;puhe;pistekirjoitus;"
 

po/fr.po

@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lecteur d’écran Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "lecteur;écran;accessibilité;parole;braille;"
 

po/fur.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 2.0.3\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/ga.po

@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=5; plural=n==1 ? 0 : (n%10==1 || n%10==2) ? 1 : "
 "(n%10>=3 && n%10<= 6) ? 2 : ((n%10>=7 && n%10<=9) || n==10) ? 3 : 4;\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Léitheoir Scáileáin agus Formhéadaitheoir Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/gl.po

@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-DL-Domain: po\n"
 "X-DL-State: Translating\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lector da pantalla Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "pantalla;lector;accesibilidade;fala;braille;"
 

po/gu.po

@@ -33,12 +33,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "\n"
 "\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu સ્ક્રીન વાંચક અને વિસ્તૃતકારક"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/he.po

@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "2 : 3);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.4.1\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "מקריא המסך Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "מסך;קורא;נגישות;דיבור;ברייל;"
 

po/hi.po

@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "\n"
 "X-Generator: Lokalize 1.5\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu स्क्रीन वाचक"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "स्क्रीन रीडर;भाषण;ब्रेल;"

po/hr.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Launchpad-Export-Date: 2016-09-15 12:40+0000\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 1.6.10\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu čitač zaslona"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "čitač zaslona;govor;brajica;"
 

po/hu.po

@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 2.3\n"
 
 # Megjegyzés: Mivel mindenhol régóta Gáborral egyeztetve az Cthulhu nevet magyarosan Orkaként írjuk a fordításban, így a fordítást megváltoztattam Orka képernyőolvasóra az Cthulhu képernyőolvasó helyett.
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Orka képernyőolvasó"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "képernyő;olvasó;akadálymentesítés;beszéd;braille;"
 

po/id.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Pembaca Layar Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "layar;pembaca;aksesibilitas;ucapan;braille;"
 

po/is.po

@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1;\n"
 "X-Generator: Lokalize 1.5\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu skjálestur"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/it.po

@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
 "X-Generator: Gtranslator 42.0\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lettore schermo Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "lettore;schermo;accessibilità;voce;braille;"
 

po/ja.po

@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu スクリーンリーダー"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "スクリーン;リーダー;アクセシビリティ;音声;点字;"
 

po/ka.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu - ეკრანის მკითხველი"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "ეკრანი;მკითხველი;ხელმისაწვდომობა;მეტყველება;ბრაილი;"
 

po/kab.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.0\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/kk.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu экраннан оқитын қолданбасы"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/kn.po

@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms:  nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: KBabel 1.11.4\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "ಆದ್ಯತೆಗಳು"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/ko.po

@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu 화면 낭독기"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "화면;리더;접근성;음성;점자;"
 

po/lt.po

@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "(n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu ekrano skaityklė"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "ekrano skaityklė;kalba;brailio raštas;"
 

po/lv.po

@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "2);\n"
 "X-Generator: Lokalize 21.12.3\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu ekrāna lasītājs"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "ekrāna lasītājs;runa;Brails;"
 

po/mai.po

@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "\n"
 "\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu स्क्रीन पाठक / आवर्द्धक"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/mk.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural= n==1 || n%10==1 ? 0 : 1\n"
 "X-Generator: KBabel 1.11.4\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu читач на екранот"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/ml.po

@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 2.0.1\n"
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "സ്ക്രീന്‍ വായന അവസാനിപ്പിക്കാം."
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/mr.po

@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: KBabel 1.9.1\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "वर्धक भिंग"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/ms.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 2.0.6\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Pembaca skrin Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "skrin;pembaca;kebolehcapaian;pertuturan;braille;"
 

po/nb.po

@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu skjermleser"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "skjerm;leser;tilgjengelighet;tale;blindeskrift;"
 

po/ne.po

@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.0.1\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "ओर्का दृष्टि वाचक"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "दृष्टि वाचक; वाचन;ब्रेल;"
 

po/nl.po

@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.2.2\n"
 
 # vergrootglas/loep
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu schermlezer"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "scherm;lezer;toegankelijkheid;spraak;braille;"
 

po/nn.po

@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu skjermlesar og forstørringsglas"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/oc.po

@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Launchpad-Export-Date: 2015-05-21 18:05+0000\n"
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Lector d'ecran Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 "lector d'ecran;oral;braille;votz;sintèsi vocala;sintesi vocala;lector "

po/or.po

@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "\n"
 "\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "ଓର୍କା ସ୍କ୍ରିନ ପାଠକ /ଛୋଟକୁ ବଡ ଦେଖଉଥିବା ଉପକରଣ "
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/pa.po

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Poedit-Bookmarks: 589,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "ਓਰਕਾ ਸਕਰੀਨ ਰੀਡਰ"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/pl.po

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=(n==1 ? 0 : n%10>=2 && n%10<=4 && (n%100<10 "
 "|| n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Czytnik ekranowy Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "czytnik;ekran;dostępność;mowa;braille;"
 

po/pt.po

@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Source-Language: C\n"
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Leitor de ecrã Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "leitor;ecrã;acessibilidade;voz;braille;"
 

po/pt_BR.po

@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-DL-Domain: po\n"
 "X-DL-State: Translating\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Leitor de tela Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "leitor;tela;acessibilidade;voz;braille;"
 

po/ro.po

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 "X-Poedit-SourceCharset: UTF-8\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cititorul de ecran Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "ecran;cititor;accesibilitate;vorbire;braille;"
 

po/ru.po

@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "n%10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Экранный диктор Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "экран;чтец;доступность;речь;брайль;"
 

po/rw.po

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/si.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: KBabel 1.11.4\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/sk.po

@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=(n==1) ? 1 : (n>=2 && n<=4) ? 2 : 0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Gtranslator 2.91.7\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Ukončí čítačku obrazovky"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/sl.po

@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Poedit-SourceCharset: utf-8\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.0.1\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Zaslonski bralnik Orka"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "govor;zaslonski bralnik;Braillova pisava;brajica;povečevalnik"
 

po/sq.po

@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Ekrani Zmadhues (Lupë)"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/sr.po

@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.1.1\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Читач екрана Орка"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "читач екрана;говор;брајева азбука;"
 

po/sr@latin.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Project-Style: gnome\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 2.0.3\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Čitač ekrana Orka"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "čitač ekrana;govor;brajeva azbuka;"
 

po/sv.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu skärmläsare"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "skärm;läsare;tillgänglighet;tal;punktskrift;"
 

po/ta.po

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n!=1);\\n\n"
 "\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "ஆர்கா திரை படிப்பி "
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "திரைபடிப்பான்;பேசுதல்;ப்ரெய்ல்;"

po/te.po

@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n!=1);\n"
 "X-Generator: KBabel 1.11.4\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "ఓర్కా తెరచదువరి"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr ""
 

po/tg.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 1.6.3\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Хонандаи экрани Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "хонандаи экран;нутқ;брайл;"

po/th.po

@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "โปรแกรมอ่านหน้าจอ Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "หน้าจอ;อ่าน;การเข้าถึง;เสียงพูด;อักษรเบรลล์;"
 

po/tr.po

@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.4\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu Ekran Okuyucu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "ekran;okuyucu;erişilebilirlik;konuşma;braille;"
 

po/ug.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu ئېكران ئوقۇغۇ"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "screen reader;speech;braille;ئېكران ئوقۇغۇچ;تاۋۇش;ئەمالار ئېلىپبەسى;"

po/uk.po

@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "n%10>=2 && n%10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2;\n"
 "X-Generator: Lokalize 20.12.0\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Інструмент читання з екрана «Cthulhu»"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "екран;читач;доступність;мовлення;брайль;"
 

po/vi.po

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: LocFactoryEditor 1.8\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Trình đọc màn hình Cthulhu"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "màn hình;đọc;trợ năng;giọng nói;chữ nổi;"
 

po/zh_CN.po

@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.3.2\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu 屏幕阅读器"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "屏幕;阅读器;无障碍;语音;盲文;"
 

po/zh_HK.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 1.6.5\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu 螢幕閱讀器"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 #, fuzzy
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "screen reader;speech;braille;螢幕閱讀器;語音;點字;"

po/zh_TW.po

@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ msgstr ""
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 1.8.12\n"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:3
 msgid "Cthulhu Screen Reader"
 msgstr "Cthulhu 螢幕閱讀器"
 
-#: cthulhu-autostart.desktop.in:11
 msgid "screen;reader;accessibility;speech;braille;"
 msgstr "螢幕;閱讀器;無障礙;語音;點字;"
 

src/cthulhu/backends/toml_backend.py

@@ -85,12 +85,16 @@ class Backend:
         with open(fileName, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as settingsFile:
             settingsFile.write(dumps(prefsDoc))
 
-    def _updateTable(self, targetTable, newValues):
+    def _updateTable(self, targetTable, newValues, preserveMissingKeys=None):
         if not isinstance(newValues, dict):
             return
 
+        preserveMissingKeys = set(preserveMissingKeys or [])
+
         for key in list(targetTable.keys()):
             if key not in newValues:
+                if key in preserveMissingKeys:
+                    continue
                 del targetTable[key]
                 continue
             newValue = newValues[key]
@@ -173,7 +177,12 @@ class Backend:
             profiles[profile] = {}
             profileTable = profiles[profile]
 
-        self._updateTable(profileTable, general)
+        # Keep plugin persistence keys when callers provide partial updates.
+        self._updateTable(
+            profileTable,
+            general,
+            preserveMissingKeys={"activePlugins", "pluginSources"},
+        )
         self._writeDocument(self.settingsFile, prefsDoc)
 
     def _getSettings(self):
@@ -213,12 +222,33 @@ class Backend:
 
         return settingsDict
 
+    def _hasLikelyCustomEchoVoice(self, echoVoice, defaultVoice):
+        """Return True when echoVoice appears intentionally customized."""
+
+        if not echoVoice:
+            return False
+
+        echoEstablished = bool(echoVoice.get('established', False))
+        if not defaultVoice:
+            return echoEstablished or bool(echoVoice.get(acss.ACSS.FAMILY))
+
+        for key in [acss.ACSS.RATE, acss.ACSS.AVERAGE_PITCH, acss.ACSS.GAIN, acss.ACSS.FAMILY]:
+            echoValue = echoVoice.get(key)
+            defaultValue = defaultVoice.get(key)
+            if echoValue is not None and echoValue != defaultValue:
+                return True
+
+        return echoEstablished and bool(echoVoice.get(acss.ACSS.FAMILY))
+
     def getGeneral(self, profile=None):
         """ Get general settings from default settings and
             override with profile values. """
         self._getSettings()
         generalSettings = self.general.copy()
         generalSettings = self._migrateSettings(generalSettings)
+        # Plugin state is profile-scoped; ignore legacy/global values.
+        generalSettings.pop('activePlugins', None)
+        generalSettings.pop('pluginSources', None)
         defaultProfile = generalSettings.get('startingProfile',
                                              ['Default', 'default'])
         if profile is None:
@@ -229,8 +259,24 @@ class Backend:
             if key == 'voices':
                 for voiceType, voiceDef in value.items():
                     value[voiceType] = acss.ACSS(voiceDef)
+            if key == 'echoVoice' and isinstance(value, dict):
+                value = acss.ACSS(value)
             if key not in ['startingProfile', 'activeProfile']:
                 generalSettings[key] = value
+
+        # Backward compatibility: recover custom echo behavior when legacy
+        # profiles have echoVoice but are missing custom-echo toggle keys.
+        if 'useCustomEchoVoice' not in profileSettings:
+            voices = generalSettings.get('voices') or {}
+            defaultVoice = voices.get(settings.DEFAULT_VOICE)
+            echoVoice = generalSettings.get('echoVoice')
+            if self._hasLikelyCustomEchoVoice(echoVoice, defaultVoice):
+                generalSettings['useCustomEchoVoice'] = True
+                if 'useCustomEchoForKey' not in profileSettings:
+                    generalSettings['useCustomEchoForKey'] = True
+                if 'useCustomEchoForCharacter' not in profileSettings:
+                    generalSettings['useCustomEchoForCharacter'] = True
+
         try:
             generalSettings['activeProfile'] = profileSettings['profile']
         except KeyError:

src/cthulhu/cthulhu-setup.ui

@@ -136,6 +136,24 @@
     <property name="step_increment">0.10000000149</property>
     <property name="page_increment">1</property>
   </object>
+  <object class="GtkAdjustment" id="echoPitchAdjustment">
+    <property name="upper">10</property>
+    <property name="value">5</property>
+    <property name="step_increment">0.10000000149</property>
+    <property name="page_increment">1</property>
+  </object>
+  <object class="GtkAdjustment" id="echoRateAdjustment">
+    <property name="upper">100</property>
+    <property name="value">50</property>
+    <property name="step_increment">1</property>
+    <property name="page_increment">10</property>
+  </object>
+  <object class="GtkAdjustment" id="echoVolumeAdjustment">
+    <property name="upper">10</property>
+    <property name="value">10</property>
+    <property name="step_increment">0.10000000149</property>
+    <property name="page_increment">1</property>
+  </object>
   <object class="GtkDialog" id="cthulhuSetupWindow">
     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
     <property name="title" translatable="yes">Cthulhu Preferences</property>
@@ -3037,6 +3055,295 @@
                     <property name="top_attach">1</property>
                   </packing>
                 </child>
+                <child>
+                  <object class="GtkFrame" id="echoVoiceFrame">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                    <property name="label_xalign">0</property>
+                    <property name="shadow_type">none</property>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkAlignment" id="echoVoiceAlignment">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="left_padding">12</property>
+                        <child>
+                          <object class="GtkGrid" id="echoVoiceGrid">
+                            <property name="visible">True</property>
+                            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                            <property name="row_spacing">10</property>
+                            <property name="column_spacing">8</property>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="useCustomEchoVoiceCheckButton">
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Use c_ustom echo voice settings</property>
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="useCustomEchoVoiceToggled" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="width">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="useCustomEchoSpeechServerCheckButton">
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Use custom _speech-dispatcher module for echo</property>
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="useCustomEchoSpeechServerToggled" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">1</property>
+                                <property name="width">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkLabel" id="echoSpeechServersLabel">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="xalign">1</property>
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Echo _module:</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="mnemonic_widget">echoSpeechServers</property>
+                                <accessibility>
+                                  <relation type="label-for" target="echoSpeechServers"/>
+                                </accessibility>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkComboBox" id="echoSpeechServers">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <signal name="changed" handler="echoSpeechServersChanged" swapped="no"/>
+                                <accessibility>
+                                  <relation type="labelled-by" target="echoSpeechServersLabel"/>
+                                </accessibility>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkLabel" id="echoSpeechFamiliesLabel">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="xalign">1</property>
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Echo _voice:</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="mnemonic_widget">echoSpeechFamilies</property>
+                                <accessibility>
+                                  <relation type="label-for" target="echoSpeechFamilies"/>
+                                </accessibility>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">3</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkComboBox" id="echoSpeechFamilies">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <signal name="changed" handler="echoSpeechFamiliesChanged" swapped="no"/>
+                                <accessibility>
+                                  <relation type="labelled-by" target="echoSpeechFamiliesLabel"/>
+                                </accessibility>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">3</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkLabel" id="echoRateLabel">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="xalign">1</property>
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Echo ra_te:</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="mnemonic_widget">echoRateScale</property>
+                                <accessibility>
+                                  <relation type="label-for" target="echoRateScale"/>
+                                </accessibility>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">4</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkScale" id="echoRateScale">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="adjustment">echoRateAdjustment</property>
+                                <property name="round_digits">0</property>
+                                <property name="digits">0</property>
+                                <property name="value_pos">right</property>
+                                <signal name="value-changed" handler="echoRateValueChanged" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">4</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkLabel" id="echoPitchLabel">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="xalign">1</property>
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Echo pi_tch:</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="mnemonic_widget">echoPitchScale</property>
+                                <accessibility>
+                                  <relation type="label-for" target="echoPitchScale"/>
+                                </accessibility>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">5</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkScale" id="echoPitchScale">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="adjustment">echoPitchAdjustment</property>
+                                <property name="round_digits">1</property>
+                                <property name="value_pos">right</property>
+                                <signal name="value-changed" handler="echoPitchValueChanged" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">5</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkLabel" id="echoVolumeLabel">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="xalign">1</property>
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Echo vo_lume:</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="mnemonic_widget">echoVolumeScale</property>
+                                <accessibility>
+                                  <relation type="label-for" target="echoVolumeScale"/>
+                                </accessibility>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">6</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkScale" id="echoVolumeScale">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="adjustment">echoVolumeAdjustment</property>
+                                <property name="round_digits">1</property>
+                                <property name="value_pos">right</property>
+                                <signal name="value-changed" handler="echoVolumeValueChanged" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">6</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="useCustomEchoForKeyCheckButton">
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Use custom voice for _key echo</property>
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="checkButtonToggled" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">7</property>
+                                <property name="width">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="useCustomEchoForCharacterCheckButton">
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Use custom voice for _character echo</property>
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="checkButtonToggled" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">8</property>
+                                <property name="width">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="useCustomEchoForWordCheckButton">
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Use custom voice for _word echo</property>
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="checkButtonToggled" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">9</property>
+                                <property name="width">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
+                              <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="useCustomEchoForSentenceCheckButton">
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Use custom voice for _sentence echo</property>
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                                <signal name="toggled" handler="checkButtonToggled" swapped="no"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">10</property>
+                                <property name="width">2</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                          </object>
+                        </child>
+                      </object>
+                    </child>
+                    <child type="label">
+                      <object class="GtkLabel" id="echoVoiceLabel">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">Echo Voice</property>
+                        <attributes>
+                          <attribute name="weight" value="bold"/>
+                        </attributes>
+                      </object>
+                    </child>
+                  </object>
+                  <packing>
+                    <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                    <property name="top_attach">2</property>
+                  </packing>
+                </child>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="enableEchoByCharacterCheckButton">
                     <property name="label" translatable="yes" comments="Translators: When this option is enabled, inserted text of length 1 is spoken.">Enable echo by cha_racter</property>
@@ -3049,7 +3356,7 @@
                   </object>
                   <packing>
                     <property name="left_attach">0</property>
-                    <property name="top_attach">2</property>
+                    <property name="top_attach">3</property>
                   </packing>
                 </child>
                 <child>
@@ -3064,7 +3371,7 @@
                   </object>
                   <packing>
                     <property name="left_attach">0</property>
-                    <property name="top_attach">3</property>
+                    <property name="top_attach">4</property>
                   </packing>
                 </child>
                 <child>
@@ -3079,7 +3386,7 @@
                   </object>
                   <packing>
                     <property name="left_attach">0</property>
-                    <property name="top_attach">4</property>
+                    <property name="top_attach">5</property>
                   </packing>
                 </child>
               </object>

src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 # Forked from Orca screen reader.
 # Cthulhu project: https://git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu
 
-version = "2026.02.17"
+version = "2026.03.02"
 codeName = "master"

src/cthulhu/cthulhu_gui_prefs.py

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
 from gi.repository import Atspi
 
 import os
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
 import threading
 from gi.repository import Gdk
 from gi.repository import GLib
@@ -173,6 +176,16 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         self.speechSystemsChoice = None
         self.speechSystemsChoices = None
         self.speechSystemsModel = None
+        self.echoVoice = None
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoice = None
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoices = None
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesModel = None
+        self.echoSpeechServersChoice = None
+        self.echoSpeechServersChoices = None
+        self.echoSpeechServersModel = None
+        self.initializingEchoSpeech = False
+        self._echoVoiceFetchToken = 0
+        self._updatingEchoSpeechFamilies = False
         self.systemVoice = None
         self.uppercaseVoice = None
         self.window = None
@@ -183,6 +196,7 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         self.soundThemeCombo = None
         self.roleSoundPresentationCombo = None
         self._isInitialSetup = False
+        self._updatingSpeechFamilies = False
         self.selectedFamilyChoices = {}
         self.selectedLanguageChoices = {}
         self.profilesCombo = None
@@ -385,7 +399,12 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
                         self._initComboBox(self.get_widget("speechLanguages"))
         self.speechFamiliesModel = \
                         self._initComboBox(self.get_widget("speechFamilies"))
+        self.echoSpeechServersModel = \
+                        self._initComboBox(self.get_widget("echoSpeechServers"))
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesModel = \
+                        self._initComboBox(self.get_widget("echoSpeechFamilies"))
         self._initSpeechState()
+        self._initEchoSpeechState()
 
         # TODO - JD: Will this ever be the case??
         self._isInitialSetup = \
@@ -1271,7 +1290,7 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
                         for familyChoice in self.speechFamiliesChoices:
                             name = familyChoice[speechserver.VoiceFamily.NAME]
                             if name == familyName:
-                                self.get_widget("speechFamilies").set_active(i)
+                                self._setSpeechFamiliesActive(i)
                                 self.speechFamiliesChoice = self.speechFamiliesChoices[i]
                                 familySet = True
                                 break
@@ -1295,13 +1314,22 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         if not familySet:
             tokens = ["PREFERENCES DIALOG: Could not find speech family match for", familyName]
             debug.printTokens(debug.LEVEL_INFO, tokens, True)
-            self.get_widget("speechFamilies").set_active(0)
+            self._setSpeechFamiliesActive(0)
             self.speechFamiliesChoice = self.speechFamiliesChoices[0]
 
         if familySet:
             self.selectedFamilyChoices[self.speechServersChoice,
                     self.speechLanguagesChoice] = i
 
+    def _setSpeechFamiliesActive(self, index):
+        """Sets speechFamilies active index while suppressing preview chatter."""
+
+        self._updatingSpeechFamilies = True
+        try:
+            self.get_widget("speechFamilies").set_active(index)
+        finally:
+            self._updatingSpeechFamilies = False
+
     def _setupFamilies(self):
         """Gets the list of voice variants for the current speech server and
         current language.
@@ -1353,7 +1381,7 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
             selectedIndex = self.selectedFamilyChoices[self.speechServersChoice,
                     self.speechLanguagesChoice]
 
-        self.get_widget("speechFamilies").set_active(selectedIndex)
+        self._setSpeechFamiliesActive(selectedIndex)
 
     def _setSpeechLanguagesChoice(self, languageName):
         """Sets the active item in the languages ("Language:") combo box
@@ -1661,6 +1689,261 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         self._setupSpeechSystems(factories)
         self.initializingSpeech = False
 
+    def _getSpeechDispatcherFactory(self):
+        """Returns the Speech Dispatcher factory if available."""
+
+        factories = cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.getSpeechServerFactories()
+        for factory in factories:
+            try:
+                if factory.SpeechServer.getFactoryName() == guilabels.SPEECH_DISPATCHER:
+                    return factory
+            except Exception:
+                debug.printException(debug.LEVEL_FINEST)
+
+        return None
+
+    def _setEchoVoiceFamily(self, family):
+        """Sets echo voice family from the selected server family object."""
+
+        if not family:
+            return
+
+        name = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.NAME)
+        language = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.LANG)
+        dialect = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.DIALECT)
+        variant = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.VARIANT)
+        self.echoVoice[acss.ACSS.FAMILY] = {
+            speechserver.VoiceFamily.NAME: name,
+            speechserver.VoiceFamily.LANG: language,
+            speechserver.VoiceFamily.DIALECT: dialect,
+            speechserver.VoiceFamily.VARIANT: variant,
+        }
+        self.echoVoice['established'] = True
+
+    def _populateEchoSpeechFamilies(self, families):
+        """Populate the echo family combobox from the provided families list."""
+
+        combobox = self.get_widget("echoSpeechFamilies")
+        combobox.set_model(None)
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesModel.clear()
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoices = list(families or [])
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoice = None
+
+        selectedIndex = 0
+        selectedMatchFound = False
+        selectedFamily = self.echoVoice.get(acss.ACSS.FAMILY)
+        selectedName = selectedLanguage = selectedDialect = selectedVariant = None
+        if selectedFamily:
+            selectedName = selectedFamily.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.NAME)
+            selectedLanguage = selectedFamily.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.LANG)
+            selectedDialect = selectedFamily.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.DIALECT)
+            selectedVariant = selectedFamily.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.VARIANT)
+
+        for i, family in enumerate(self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoices):
+            name = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.NAME) or ""
+            language = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.LANG) or ""
+            dialect = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.DIALECT) or ""
+            variant = family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.VARIANT)
+            display = name
+            locale = language
+            if dialect:
+                locale = f"{language}-{dialect}" if language else dialect
+            if locale:
+                display = f"{name} ({locale})"
+            self.echoSpeechFamiliesModel.append((i, display))
+            if selectedName == name and selectedLanguage == language \
+               and selectedDialect == dialect and selectedVariant == variant:
+                selectedIndex = i
+                selectedMatchFound = True
+
+        combobox.set_model(self.echoSpeechFamiliesModel)
+        if self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoices:
+            self._updatingEchoSpeechFamilies = True
+            try:
+                combobox.set_active(selectedIndex)
+            finally:
+                self._updatingEchoSpeechFamilies = False
+            self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoice = self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoices[selectedIndex]
+
+    def _fetchEchoSpeechFamiliesWorker(self, serverInfo, requestToken):
+        """Fetch module-specific voices in a subprocess and apply asynchronously."""
+
+        queryScript = """
+import json
+import sys
+from cthulhu import speechdispatcherfactory
+from cthulhu import speechserver
+
+serverInfo = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+if isinstance(serverInfo, list):
+    serverInfo = tuple(serverInfo)
+
+server = speechdispatcherfactory.SpeechServer.getSpeechServer(serverInfo)
+families = server.getVoiceFamilies() if server else []
+
+result = []
+for family in families:
+    result.append({
+        "name": family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.NAME),
+        "lang": family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.LANG),
+        "dialect": family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.DIALECT),
+        "variant": family.get(speechserver.VoiceFamily.VARIANT),
+    })
+
+print(json.dumps(result))
+"""
+
+        familyDefs = None
+        try:
+            completed = subprocess.run(
+                [sys.executable, "-c", queryScript, json.dumps(serverInfo)],
+                capture_output=True,
+                text=True,
+                timeout=4.0,
+                check=False,
+            )
+            if completed.returncode == 0 and completed.stdout.strip():
+                familyDefs = json.loads(completed.stdout.strip())
+            else:
+                tokens = [
+                    "PREFERENCES DIALOG: Echo voice fetch failed for",
+                    serverInfo,
+                    "rc=",
+                    completed.returncode,
+                ]
+                debug.printTokens(debug.LEVEL_WARNING, tokens, True)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            tokens = ["PREFERENCES DIALOG: Echo voice fetch timed out for", serverInfo]
+            debug.printTokens(debug.LEVEL_WARNING, tokens, True)
+        except Exception:
+            debug.printException(debug.LEVEL_WARNING)
+
+        GLib.idle_add(self._applyFetchedEchoSpeechFamilies, requestToken, familyDefs)
+
+    def _applyFetchedEchoSpeechFamilies(self, requestToken, familyDefs):
+        """Apply fetched echo families if this is still the active request."""
+
+        if requestToken != self._echoVoiceFetchToken:
+            return False
+
+        if not isinstance(familyDefs, list):
+            return False
+
+        families = []
+        for familyDef in familyDefs:
+            if not isinstance(familyDef, dict):
+                continue
+            families.append(
+                speechserver.VoiceFamily({
+                    speechserver.VoiceFamily.NAME: familyDef.get("name"),
+                    speechserver.VoiceFamily.LANG: familyDef.get("lang"),
+                    speechserver.VoiceFamily.DIALECT: familyDef.get("dialect"),
+                    speechserver.VoiceFamily.VARIANT: familyDef.get("variant"),
+                })
+            )
+
+        if not families:
+            return False
+
+        self._populateEchoSpeechFamilies(families)
+        return False
+
+    def _setupEchoSpeechFamilies(self):
+        """Populate echo voice family list for the current echo server."""
+        self._echoVoiceFetchToken += 1
+        requestToken = self._echoVoiceFetchToken
+        useCustomModule = self.get_widget("useCustomEchoSpeechServerCheckButton").get_active()
+        fallbackFamilies = list(self.speechFamiliesChoices or [])
+        self._populateEchoSpeechFamilies(fallbackFamilies)
+
+        if useCustomModule and self.echoSpeechServersChoice:
+            serverInfo = self.echoSpeechServersChoice.getInfo()
+            thread = threading.Thread(
+                target=self._fetchEchoSpeechFamiliesWorker,
+                args=(serverInfo, requestToken),
+                daemon=True,
+            )
+            thread.start()
+
+    def _setEchoSpeechServersChoice(self, serverInfo):
+        """Set the active echo module based on stored server info."""
+
+        if not self.echoSpeechServersChoices:
+            self.echoSpeechServersChoice = None
+            self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+            return
+
+        valueSet = False
+        for i, server in enumerate(self.echoSpeechServersChoices):
+            info = server.getInfo()
+            if serverInfo and info == serverInfo:
+                self.get_widget("echoSpeechServers").set_active(i)
+                self.echoSpeechServersChoice = server
+                valueSet = True
+                break
+
+        if not valueSet:
+            self.get_widget("echoSpeechServers").set_active(0)
+            self.echoSpeechServersChoice = self.echoSpeechServersChoices[0]
+
+        self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+
+    def _setupEchoSpeechServers(self):
+        """Populate available speech-dispatcher modules for echo."""
+
+        combobox = self.get_widget("echoSpeechServers")
+        combobox.set_model(None)
+        self.echoSpeechServersModel.clear()
+        self.echoSpeechServersChoices = []
+        self.echoSpeechServersChoice = None
+
+        if not self.prefsDict.get('enableSpeech', True):
+            combobox.set_model(self.echoSpeechServersModel)
+            self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+            return
+
+        factory = self._getSpeechDispatcherFactory()
+        if factory is None:
+            combobox.set_model(self.echoSpeechServersModel)
+            self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+            return
+
+        try:
+            self.echoSpeechServersChoices = factory.SpeechServer.getSpeechServers()
+        except Exception:
+            debug.printException(debug.LEVEL_WARNING)
+            self.echoSpeechServersChoices = []
+
+        for i, server in enumerate(self.echoSpeechServersChoices):
+            name = server.getInfo()[0]
+            self.echoSpeechServersModel.append((i, name))
+
+        combobox.set_model(self.echoSpeechServersModel)
+        self._setEchoSpeechServersChoice(self.prefsDict.get("echoSpeechServerInfo"))
+
+    def _initEchoSpeechState(self):
+        """Initialize echo voice controls and choices."""
+
+        self.echoVoice = acss.ACSS(
+            self.prefsDict.get("echoVoice", settings.echoVoice) or {})
+
+        baseVoice = self.defaultVoice or acss.ACSS(
+            self.prefsDict.get("voices", {}).get(settings.DEFAULT_VOICE, {}))
+
+        rate = self.echoVoice.get(acss.ACSS.RATE, baseVoice.get(acss.ACSS.RATE, 50.0))
+        pitch = self.echoVoice.get(acss.ACSS.AVERAGE_PITCH, baseVoice.get(acss.ACSS.AVERAGE_PITCH, 5.0))
+        volume = self.echoVoice.get(acss.ACSS.GAIN, baseVoice.get(acss.ACSS.GAIN, 10.0))
+
+        self.get_widget("echoRateScale").set_value(rate)
+        self.get_widget("echoPitchScale").set_value(pitch)
+        self.get_widget("echoVolumeScale").set_value(volume)
+
+        self.initializingEchoSpeech = True
+        self._setupEchoSpeechServers()
+        self.initializingEchoSpeech = False
+
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
+
     def _setSpokenTextAttributes(self, view, setAttributes,
                                  state, moveToTop=False):
         """Given a set of spoken text attributes, update the model used by the
@@ -2394,6 +2677,19 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
                         prefs["enableEchoByWord"])
         self.get_widget("enableEchoBySentenceCheckButton").set_active( \
                         prefs["enableEchoBySentence"])
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoVoiceCheckButton").set_active(
+            prefs.get("useCustomEchoVoice", settings.useCustomEchoVoice))
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoSpeechServerCheckButton").set_active(
+            prefs.get("useCustomEchoSpeechServer", settings.useCustomEchoSpeechServer))
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForKeyCheckButton").set_active(
+            prefs.get("useCustomEchoForKey", settings.useCustomEchoForKey))
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForCharacterCheckButton").set_active(
+            prefs.get("useCustomEchoForCharacter", settings.useCustomEchoForCharacter))
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForWordCheckButton").set_active(
+            prefs.get("useCustomEchoForWord", settings.useCustomEchoForWord))
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForSentenceCheckButton").set_active(
+            prefs.get("useCustomEchoForSentence", settings.useCustomEchoForSentence))
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
 
         # Text attributes pane.
         #
@@ -2553,22 +2849,20 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         self._updateAIControlsState(enabled)
         
     def _updateAIControlsState(self, enabled):
-        """Enable or disable AI controls based on AI enabled state."""
-        self.aiProviderCombo.set_sensitive(enabled)
-        self.aiApiKeyEntry.set_sensitive(enabled)
-        self.aiOllamaModelEntry.set_sensitive(enabled)
-        self.aiOllamaEndpointEntry.set_sensitive(enabled)
-        self.aiConfirmationCheckButton.set_sensitive(enabled)
-        self.aiScreenshotQualityCombo.set_sensitive(enabled)
+        """Refresh AI controls while keeping configuration fields editable."""
+        _ = enabled  # kept for signal/call compatibility
+        # Keep settings editable even when AI assistant is disabled so users
+        # can configure providers/keys before enabling it.
+        self.aiProviderCombo.set_sensitive(True)
+        self.aiConfirmationCheckButton.set_sensitive(True)
+        self.aiScreenshotQualityCombo.set_sensitive(True)
         try:
-            self.get_widget("aiGetClaudeKeyButton").set_sensitive(enabled)
+            self.get_widget("aiGetClaudeKeyButton").set_sensitive(True)
         except:
             pass  # Button might not exist in older UI files
 
-        # Update provider-specific controls if AI is enabled
-        if enabled:
-            current_provider = self.prefsDict.get("aiProvider", settings.aiProvider)
-            self._updateProviderControls(current_provider)
+        current_provider = self.prefsDict.get("aiProvider", settings.aiProvider)
+        self._updateProviderControls(current_provider)
 
     def _initIndentationState(self):
         """Initialize Indentation widgets with current settings."""
@@ -2898,22 +3192,91 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         self.get_widget("enableNavigationKeysCheckButton").set_sensitive(enable)
         self.get_widget("enableDiacriticalKeysCheckButton").set_sensitive( \
           enable)
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
 
-    def _presentMessage(self, text, interrupt=False):
+    def _setEchoVoiceItems(self):
+        """[In]sensitize echo voice controls based on current state."""
+
+        useCustomVoice = self.get_widget("useCustomEchoVoiceCheckButton").get_active()
+        useCustomModule = self.get_widget("useCustomEchoSpeechServerCheckButton").get_active()
+        keyEchoEnabled = self.get_widget("keyEchoCheckButton").get_active()
+        charEchoEnabled = self.get_widget("enableEchoByCharacterCheckButton").get_active()
+        wordEchoEnabled = self.get_widget("enableEchoByWordCheckButton").get_active()
+        sentenceEchoEnabled = self.get_widget("enableEchoBySentenceCheckButton").get_active()
+        speechEnabled = self.get_widget("speechSupportCheckButton").get_active()
+
+        speechSystemIsDispatcher = False
+        if self.speechSystemsChoice:
+            try:
+                speechSystemIsDispatcher = \
+                    self.speechSystemsChoice.SpeechServer.getFactoryName() == guilabels.SPEECH_DISPATCHER
+            except Exception:
+                speechSystemIsDispatcher = False
+
+        voiceControlsEnabled = useCustomVoice and speechEnabled
+        moduleOverrideAvailable = voiceControlsEnabled and speechSystemIsDispatcher
+        moduleControlsEnabled = moduleOverrideAvailable and useCustomModule
+
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoSpeechServerCheckButton").set_sensitive(moduleOverrideAvailable)
+        self.get_widget("echoSpeechServers").set_sensitive(moduleControlsEnabled)
+        self.get_widget("echoSpeechFamilies").set_sensitive(voiceControlsEnabled)
+
+        self.get_widget("echoRateScale").set_sensitive(useCustomVoice)
+        self.get_widget("echoPitchScale").set_sensitive(useCustomVoice)
+        self.get_widget("echoVolumeScale").set_sensitive(useCustomVoice)
+
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForKeyCheckButton").set_sensitive(useCustomVoice and keyEchoEnabled)
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForCharacterCheckButton").set_sensitive(
+            useCustomVoice and charEchoEnabled)
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForWordCheckButton").set_sensitive(useCustomVoice and wordEchoEnabled)
+        self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForSentenceCheckButton").set_sensitive(
+            useCustomVoice and sentenceEchoEnabled)
+
+    def _presentMessage(self, text, interrupt=False, voice=None):
         """If the text field is not None, presents the given text, optionally
         interrupting anything currently being spoken.
 
         Arguments:
         - text: the text to present
         - interrupt: if True, interrupt any speech currently being spoken
+        - voice: the voice to use; if None, use the default system voice
         """
 
-        self.script.speakMessage(text, interrupt=interrupt)
+        self.script.speakMessage(text, voice=voice, interrupt=interrupt)
         try:
             self.script.displayBrailleMessage(text, flashTime=-1)
         except Exception:
             pass
 
+    def _previewVoiceSelection(self, voiceType, name):
+        """Present a short preview in the currently selected voice."""
+
+        if not name:
+            return
+
+        voice = self._getACSSForVoiceType(voiceType)
+        if not voice:
+            return
+
+        previewVoice = acss.ACSS(voice)
+        if self.speechSystemsChoice \
+           and self.speechSystemsChoice.SpeechServer.getFactoryName() == guilabels.SPEECH_DISPATCHER:
+            previewMessage = messages.SPEECH_VOICE_VALUE % name
+        else:
+            previewMessage = messages.SPEECH_VOICE_VALUE_GENERIC % name
+
+        # Speak through the currently-selected preferences speech server so
+        # preview uses the chosen module/voice, not the globally-active one.
+        server = self.speechServersChoice
+        if server and hasattr(server, "speak"):
+            try:
+                server.speak(previewMessage, previewVoice, interrupt=True)
+                return
+            except Exception:
+                debug.printException(debug.LEVEL_WARNING)
+
+        self._presentMessage(previewMessage, interrupt=True, voice=previewVoice)
+
     def _createNode(self, appName):
         """Create a new root node in the TreeStore model with the name of the
             application.
@@ -3194,6 +3557,8 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         enable = widget.get_active()
         self.prefsDict["enableSpeech"] = enable
         self.get_widget("speechOptionsGrid").set_sensitive(enable)
+        self._setupEchoSpeechServers()
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
 
     def onlySpeakDisplayedTextToggled(self, widget):
         """Signal handler for the "toggled" signal for the GtkCheckButton
@@ -3225,6 +3590,8 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         selectedIndex = widget.get_active()
         self.speechSystemsChoice = self.speechSystemsChoices[selectedIndex]
         self._setupSpeechServers()
+        self._setupEchoSpeechServers()
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
 
     def speechServersChanged(self, widget):
         """Signal handler for the "changed" signal for the speechServers
@@ -3257,6 +3624,7 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
             pass
 
         self._setupVoices()
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
 
     def speechLanguagesChanged(self, widget):
         """Signal handler for the "value_changed" signal for the languages
@@ -3316,6 +3684,8 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
             variant = family[speechserver.VoiceFamily.VARIANT]
             voiceType = self.get_widget("voiceTypesCombo").get_active()
             self._setFamilyNameForVoiceType(voiceType, name, language, dialect, variant)
+            if not self._updatingSpeechFamilies:
+                self._previewVoiceSelection(voiceType, name)
         except Exception:
             debug.printException(debug.LEVEL_SEVERE)
 
@@ -3393,6 +3763,75 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         voices.get(settings.DEFAULT_VOICE, {})[acss.ACSS.GAIN] = volume
         cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.setSetting('voices', voices)
 
+    def useCustomEchoVoiceToggled(self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for enabling/disabling custom echo voice settings."""
+
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoVoice"] = widget.get_active()
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
+        self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+
+    def useCustomEchoSpeechServerToggled(self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for enabling/disabling custom echo module override."""
+
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoSpeechServer"] = widget.get_active()
+        self._setEchoVoiceItems()
+        self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+
+    def echoSpeechServersChanged(self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for selecting the echo speech-dispatcher module."""
+
+        if self.initializingEchoSpeech:
+            return
+
+        selectedIndex = widget.get_active()
+        if selectedIndex < 0:
+            self.echoSpeechServersChoice = None
+            self.prefsDict["echoSpeechServerInfo"] = None
+            self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+            return
+
+        self.echoSpeechServersChoice = self.echoSpeechServersChoices[selectedIndex]
+        self.prefsDict["echoSpeechServerInfo"] = self.echoSpeechServersChoice.getInfo()
+        self._setupEchoSpeechFamilies()
+
+    def echoSpeechFamiliesChanged(self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for selecting the echo voice family."""
+
+        if self.initializingEchoSpeech or self._updatingEchoSpeechFamilies:
+            return
+
+        selectedIndex = widget.get_active()
+        if selectedIndex < 0:
+            self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoice = None
+            return
+
+        self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoice = self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoices[selectedIndex]
+        self._setEchoVoiceFamily(self.echoSpeechFamiliesChoice)
+
+    def echoRateValueChanged(self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for changing custom echo rate."""
+
+        if self.echoVoice is None:
+            self.echoVoice = acss.ACSS({})
+        self.echoVoice[acss.ACSS.RATE] = widget.get_value()
+        self.echoVoice['established'] = True
+
+    def echoPitchValueChanged(self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for changing custom echo pitch."""
+
+        if self.echoVoice is None:
+            self.echoVoice = acss.ACSS({})
+        self.echoVoice[acss.ACSS.AVERAGE_PITCH] = widget.get_value()
+        self.echoVoice['established'] = True
+
+    def echoVolumeValueChanged(self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for changing custom echo volume."""
+
+        if self.echoVoice is None:
+            self.echoVoice = acss.ACSS({})
+        self.echoVoice[acss.ACSS.GAIN] = widget.get_value()
+        self.echoVoice['established'] = True
+
     def checkButtonToggled(self, widget):
         """Signal handler for "toggled" signal for basic GtkCheckButton 
            widgets. The user has altered the state of the checkbox.
@@ -3410,6 +3849,15 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         # strip "CheckButton" from the end.
         settingName = settingName[:-11] 
         self.prefsDict[settingName] = widget.get_active()
+        if settingName in [
+                "enableEchoByCharacter",
+                "enableEchoByWord",
+                "enableEchoBySentence",
+                "useCustomEchoForKey",
+                "useCustomEchoForCharacter",
+                "useCustomEchoForWord",
+                "useCustomEchoForSentence"]:
+            self._setEchoVoiceItems()
 
     def keyEchoChecked(self, widget):
         """Signal handler for the "toggled" signal for the
@@ -4212,6 +4660,35 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
                 settings.SYSTEM_VOICE: acss.ACSS(self.systemVoice),
             }
 
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoVoice"] = \
+            self.get_widget("useCustomEchoVoiceCheckButton").get_active()
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoSpeechServer"] = \
+            self.get_widget("useCustomEchoSpeechServerCheckButton").get_active()
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoForKey"] = \
+            self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForKeyCheckButton").get_active()
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoForCharacter"] = \
+            self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForCharacterCheckButton").get_active()
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoForWord"] = \
+            self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForWordCheckButton").get_active()
+        self.prefsDict["useCustomEchoForSentence"] = \
+            self.get_widget("useCustomEchoForSentenceCheckButton").get_active()
+
+        if self.echoVoice is None:
+            self.echoVoice = acss.ACSS({})
+
+        # Persist slider values directly so saving does not depend on
+        # value-changed signal timing.
+        self.echoVoice[acss.ACSS.RATE] = self.get_widget("echoRateScale").get_value()
+        self.echoVoice[acss.ACSS.AVERAGE_PITCH] = self.get_widget("echoPitchScale").get_value()
+        self.echoVoice[acss.ACSS.GAIN] = self.get_widget("echoVolumeScale").get_value()
+        self.echoVoice['established'] = True
+        self.prefsDict["echoVoice"] = acss.ACSS(self.echoVoice)
+
+        if self.echoSpeechServersChoice:
+            self.prefsDict["echoSpeechServerInfo"] = self.echoSpeechServersChoice.getInfo()
+        else:
+            self.prefsDict["echoSpeechServerInfo"] = None
+
     def applyButtonClicked(self, widget):
         """Signal handler for the "clicked" signal for the applyButton
            GtkButton widget. The user has clicked the Apply button.
@@ -4244,6 +4721,7 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         self._refresh_dynamic_plugin_tabs()
         braille.checkBrailleSetting()
         self._initSpeechState()
+        self._initEchoSpeechState()
         self._populateKeyBindings()
         self.__initProfileCombo()
 
@@ -4506,6 +4984,7 @@ class CthulhuSetupGUI(cthulhu_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         braille.checkBrailleSetting()
 
         self._initSpeechState()
+        self._initEchoSpeechState()
 
         self._populateKeyBindings()
 

src/cthulhu/liveregions.py

@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ class LiveRegionManager:
                 utts = message['labels'] + message['content']
 
             if self.monitoring:
-                self._script.presentMessage(utts)
+                # Live region content is user-generated text, not system messages.
+                # Use resetStyles=False to preserve the user's punctuation settings.
+                self._script.presentMessage(utts, resetStyles=False)
             else:
                 msg = "INFO: Not presenting message because monitoring is off"
                 debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, msg, True)

src/cthulhu/plugins/AIAssistant/plugin.py

@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ class AIAssistant(Plugin):
         if not self._prefs_widgets:
             return
 
-        enabled = self._prefs_widgets["enable_check"].get_active()
         provider_values = self._prefs_widgets.get("provider_values", [])
         provider_index = self._prefs_widgets["provider_combo"].get_active()
         provider = provider_values[provider_index] if 0 <= provider_index < len(provider_values) else settings.aiProvider
@@ -333,12 +332,14 @@ class AIAssistant(Plugin):
         is_gemini = provider == settings.AI_PROVIDER_GEMINI
         is_ollama = provider == settings.AI_PROVIDER_OLLAMA
 
-        self._prefs_widgets["provider_combo"].set_sensitive(enabled)
-        self._prefs_widgets["api_key_entry"].set_sensitive(enabled and is_gemini)
-        self._prefs_widgets["ollama_model_entry"].set_sensitive(enabled and is_ollama)
-        self._prefs_widgets["ollama_endpoint_entry"].set_sensitive(enabled and is_ollama)
-        self._prefs_widgets["confirmation_check"].set_sensitive(enabled)
-        self._prefs_widgets["quality_combo"].set_sensitive(enabled)
+        # Keep preferences editable even when the feature is disabled so users
+        # can prepare configuration before turning AI assistant on.
+        self._prefs_widgets["provider_combo"].set_sensitive(True)
+        self._prefs_widgets["api_key_entry"].set_sensitive(is_gemini)
+        self._prefs_widgets["ollama_model_entry"].set_sensitive(is_ollama)
+        self._prefs_widgets["ollama_endpoint_entry"].set_sensitive(is_ollama)
+        self._prefs_widgets["confirmation_check"].set_sensitive(True)
+        self._prefs_widgets["quality_combo"].set_sensitive(True)
         
     def refresh_settings(self):
         """Refresh plugin settings and reinitialize provider. Called when settings change."""

src/cthulhu/plugins/PluginManager/plugin.py

@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, Pango
 from cthulhu.plugin import Plugin, cthulhu_hookimpl
 from cthulhu import cthulhu
 from cthulhu import debug
-from cthulhu import settings_manager
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-_settingsManager = None  # Removed - use cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager
 
 
 class PluginManager(Plugin):
@@ -473,25 +471,11 @@ class PluginManager(Plugin):
                 current_general['activePlugins'] = active_plugins
 
                 cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.profile = profile_name
-                cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager._setProfileGeneral(current_general)
-
-                pronunciations = cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.getPronunciations(profile_name) or {}
-                keybindings = cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.getKeybindings(profile_name) or {}
-
-                backend = cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager._backend
-                if backend:
-                    backend.saveProfileSettings(
-                        profile_name,
-                        cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.profileGeneral,
-                        pronunciations,
-                        keybindings
-                    )
-                    debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"PluginManager: Settings saved to backend (profile {profile_name})", True)
-                else:
-                    debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "PluginManager: No backend available for saving", True)
+                cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.saveProfileSettings(current_general)
+                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"PluginManager: Settings saved via settings manager (profile {profile_name})", True)
 
             except Exception as save_error:
-                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"PluginManager: Error saving via backend: {save_error}", True)
+                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"PluginManager: Error saving plugin state: {save_error}", True)
 
             debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"PluginManager: Updated active plugins: {active_plugins}", True)
 

src/cthulhu/plugins/SpeechHistory/plugin.info

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 name = Speech History
-version = 1.0.0
-description = Shows a searchable history of the last 50 unique utterances spoken by Cthulhu
+version = 1.2.0
+description = Shows speech history and a live floating monitor of spoken text from Cthulhu
 authors = Stormux
 website = https://git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu
 copyright = Copyright 2025 Stormux
 builtin = false
 hidden = false
-

src/cthulhu/plugins/SpeechHistory/plugin.py

@@ -7,39 +7,47 @@
 # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
-"""Speech History plugin for Cthulhu."""
+"""Speech history and speech monitor plugin for Cthulhu."""
 
 import logging
 
 import gi
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib
 
 from cthulhu.plugin import Plugin, cthulhu_hookimpl
 from cthulhu import debug
+from cthulhu import speech
 from cthulhu import speech_history
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
-    """Plugin that displays a window containing recent spoken output."""
+    """Plugin that provides speech history and a live speech monitor."""
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._activated = False
         self._kbOpenWindow = None
+        self._kbToggleMonitor = None
 
+        # Speech history window state
         self._window = None
         self._filterEntry = None
         self._filterText = ""
         self._listStore = None
         self._filterModel = None
         self._treeView = None
-
         self._capturePaused = False
 
-        debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Plugin initialized", True)
+        # Live monitor window state
+        self._monitorWindow = None
+        self._monitorTextView = None
+        self._monitorTextBuffer = None
+        self._monitorEndMark = None
+        self._monitorLineCount = 0
+        self._monitorMaxLines = 500
 
     @cthulhu_hookimpl
     def activate(self, plugin=None):
@@ -47,17 +55,13 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
             return
 
         if self._activated:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Already activated, skipping", True)
             return True
 
         try:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Activating plugin", True)
-            self._register_keybinding()
+            self._register_keybindings()
             self._activated = True
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Activated successfully", True)
             return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR during activate: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error activating SpeechHistory plugin")
             return False
 
@@ -67,46 +71,208 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
             return
 
         try:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Deactivating plugin", True)
             self._close_window()
+            self._disable_monitor()
             self._kbOpenWindow = None
+            self._kbToggleMonitor = None
             self._activated = False
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Deactivated successfully", True)
             return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR during deactivate: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error deactivating SpeechHistory plugin")
             return False
 
-    def _register_keybinding(self):
-        try:
-            if not self.app:
-                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: No app reference; cannot register keybinding", True)
-                return
+    def _register_keybindings(self):
+        if not self.app:
+            debug.printMessage(
+                debug.LEVEL_INFO,
+                "SpeechHistory: No app reference; cannot register keybindings",
+                True,
+            )
+            return
 
-            gestureString = "kb:cthulhu+control+h"
-            description = "Open speech history"
+        historyGesture = "kb:cthulhu+control+h"
+        historyDescription = "Open speech history"
+        self._kbOpenWindow = self.registerGestureByString(
+            self._open_window,
+            historyDescription,
+            historyGesture,
+        )
 
-            self._kbOpenWindow = self.registerGestureByString(
-                self._open_window,
-                description,
-                gestureString,
+        monitorGesture = "kb:cthulhu+shift+d"
+        monitorDescription = "Toggle speech monitor"
+        self._kbToggleMonitor = self.registerGestureByString(
+            self._toggle_monitor,
+            monitorDescription,
+            monitorGesture,
+        )
+
+        if not self._kbOpenWindow:
+            debug.printMessage(
+                debug.LEVEL_INFO,
+                f"SpeechHistory: Failed to register keybinding {historyGesture}",
+                True,
             )
 
-            if self._kbOpenWindow:
-                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: Registered keybinding {gestureString}", True)
-            else:
-                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: Failed to register keybinding {gestureString}", True)
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR registering keybinding: {e}", True)
-            logger.exception("Error registering keybinding for SpeechHistory")
+        if not self._kbToggleMonitor:
+            debug.printMessage(
+                debug.LEVEL_INFO,
+                f"SpeechHistory: Failed to register keybinding {monitorGesture}",
+                True,
+            )
+
+    # Live monitor methods
+
+    def _toggle_monitor(self, script=None, inputEvent=None):
+        try:
+            if self._monitorWindow is not None:
+                self._disable_monitor()
+                self._present_message("Speech monitor disabled.")
+                return True
+
+            self._enable_monitor()
+            self._present_message("Speech monitor enabled.")
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Error toggling speech monitor")
+            self._disable_monitor()
+            self._present_message("Error toggling speech monitor.")
+            return False
+
+    def _enable_monitor(self):
+        if self._monitorWindow is not None:
+            self._monitorWindow.show_all()
+            return
+
+        self._create_monitor_window()
+        speech.set_monitor_callbacks(writeText=self._on_spoken_text)
+        self._monitorWindow.show_all()
+
+    def _disable_monitor(self):
+        speech.set_monitor_callbacks(writeText=None)
+
+        if self._monitorWindow is not None:
+            self._monitorWindow.destroy()
+
+    def _create_monitor_window(self):
+        self._monitorWindow = Gtk.Window(title="Speech Monitor - Cthulhu")
+        self._monitorWindow.set_default_size(900, 320)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_modal(False)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_border_width(8)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_keep_above(True)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_accept_focus(False)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_focus_on_map(False)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_skip_taskbar_hint(True)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_skip_pager_hint(True)
+        self._monitorWindow.set_type_hint(Gdk.WindowTypeHint.UTILITY)
+
+        self._monitorWindow.connect("destroy", self._on_monitor_window_destroy)
+        self._monitorWindow.connect("key-press-event", self._on_monitor_window_key_press)
+
+        mainBox = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL, spacing=8)
+
+        scrolledWindow = Gtk.ScrolledWindow()
+        scrolledWindow.set_policy(Gtk.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC, Gtk.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC)
+
+        self._monitorTextView = Gtk.TextView()
+        self._monitorTextView.set_editable(False)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_cursor_visible(False)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_can_focus(False)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_wrap_mode(Gtk.WrapMode.WORD_CHAR)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_accepts_tab(False)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_left_margin(6)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_right_margin(6)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_top_margin(6)
+        self._monitorTextView.set_bottom_margin(6)
+
+        textAccessible = self._monitorTextView.get_accessible()
+        if textAccessible:
+            textAccessible.set_name("Speech monitor output")
+
+        self._monitorTextBuffer = self._monitorTextView.get_buffer()
+        self._monitorEndMark = self._monitorTextBuffer.create_mark(
+            "monitorEnd",
+            self._monitorTextBuffer.get_end_iter(),
+            False,
+        )
+        self._monitorLineCount = 0
+
+        scrolledWindow.add(self._monitorTextView)
+        mainBox.pack_start(scrolledWindow, True, True, 0)
+
+        buttonRow = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=8)
+        buttonRow.set_halign(Gtk.Align.END)
+
+        clearButton = Gtk.Button(label="Clear")
+        closeButton = Gtk.Button(label="Close")
+        clearButton.connect("clicked", self._on_monitor_clear_clicked)
+        closeButton.connect("clicked", self._on_monitor_close_clicked)
+
+        buttonRow.pack_start(clearButton, False, False, 0)
+        buttonRow.pack_start(closeButton, False, False, 0)
+        mainBox.pack_start(buttonRow, False, False, 0)
+
+        self._monitorWindow.add(mainBox)
+
+    def _on_monitor_close_clicked(self, button):
+        self._disable_monitor()
+
+    def _on_monitor_clear_clicked(self, button):
+        if self._monitorTextBuffer is None:
+            return
+
+        self._monitorTextBuffer.set_text("")
+        self._monitorLineCount = 0
+
+    def _on_monitor_window_destroy(self, widget):
+        speech.set_monitor_callbacks(writeText=None)
+
+        self._monitorWindow = None
+        self._monitorTextView = None
+        self._monitorTextBuffer = None
+        self._monitorEndMark = None
+        self._monitorLineCount = 0
+
+    def _on_monitor_window_key_press(self, widget, event):
+        if event.keyval == Gdk.KEY_Escape:
+            self._disable_monitor()
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def _on_spoken_text(self, text):
+        if not text or not isinstance(text, str):
+            return
+
+        GLib.idle_add(self._append_text_on_main_thread, text)
+
+    def _append_text_on_main_thread(self, text):
+        if self._monitorTextBuffer is None:
+            return False
+
+        self._monitorTextBuffer.insert(self._monitorTextBuffer.get_end_iter(), f"{text}\n")
+        self._monitorLineCount += 1
+
+        if self._monitorLineCount > self._monitorMaxLines:
+            excess = self._monitorLineCount - self._monitorMaxLines
+            startIter = self._monitorTextBuffer.get_start_iter()
+            cutIter = self._monitorTextBuffer.get_iter_at_line(excess)
+            self._monitorTextBuffer.delete(startIter, cutIter)
+            self._monitorLineCount = self._monitorMaxLines
+
+        if self._monitorEndMark is not None and self._monitorTextView is not None:
+            self._monitorTextBuffer.move_mark(
+                self._monitorEndMark,
+                self._monitorTextBuffer.get_end_iter(),
+            )
+            self._monitorTextView.scroll_mark_onscreen(self._monitorEndMark)
+
+        return False
+
+    # Speech history methods
 
     def _open_window(self, script=None, inputEvent=None):
         try:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Open window requested", True)
-
             if self._window:
-                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Window already open; presenting", True)
                 self._window.present()
                 return True
 
@@ -120,10 +286,8 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
             elif self._filterEntry:
                 self._filterEntry.grab_focus()
 
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Window shown", True)
             return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR opening window: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error opening SpeechHistory window")
             self._resume_capture()
             return False
@@ -141,7 +305,6 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
 
         self._filterText = ""
 
-        # Filter row
         filterRow = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=10)
         filterLabel = Gtk.Label(label="_Filter:")
         filterLabel.set_use_underline(True)
@@ -156,7 +319,6 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
         filterRow.pack_start(self._filterEntry, True, True, 0)
         mainBox.pack_start(filterRow, False, False, 0)
 
-        # List
         self._listStore = Gtk.ListStore(str)
         self._filterModel = self._listStore.filter_new()
         self._filterModel.set_visible_func(self._filter_visible_func)
@@ -169,7 +331,7 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
 
         textRenderer = Gtk.CellRendererText()
         textRenderer.set_property("wrap-width", 640)
-        textRenderer.set_property("wrap-mode", 2)  # Pango.WrapMode.WORD_CHAR
+        textRenderer.set_property("wrap-mode", 2)
         textColumn = Gtk.TreeViewColumn("Spoken Text", textRenderer, text=0)
         textColumn.set_resizable(True)
         textColumn.set_expand(True)
@@ -180,7 +342,6 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
         scrolled.add(self._treeView)
         mainBox.pack_start(scrolled, True, True, 0)
 
-        # Buttons
         buttonRow = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=10)
         buttonRow.set_halign(Gtk.Align.END)
 
@@ -201,16 +362,12 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
 
         self._refresh_list(selectFirst=True)
 
-        debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Window created", True)
-
     def _on_filter_changed(self, entry):
         try:
             self._filterText = entry.get_text() or ""
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: Filter changed '{self._filterText}'", True)
             if self._filterModel:
                 self._filterModel.refilter()
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR filtering: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error updating speech history filter")
 
     def _filter_visible_func(self, model, treeIter, data=None):
@@ -221,8 +378,7 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
 
             spokenText = model[treeIter][0] or ""
             return spokenText.lower().startswith(filterText)
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR in filter func: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             return True
 
     def _refresh_list(self, selectFirst=False):
@@ -230,31 +386,19 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
             if not self._listStore:
                 return
 
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Refreshing list", True)
             self._listStore.clear()
 
             items = speech_history.get_items()
-            debug.printMessage(
-                debug.LEVEL_INFO,
-                f"SpeechHistory: Retrieved {len(items)} items (paused={speech_history.is_capture_paused()})",
-                True,
-            )
             for item in items:
                 self._listStore.append([item])
 
             if self._filterModel:
                 self._filterModel.refilter()
-                debug.printMessage(
-                    debug.LEVEL_INFO,
-                    f"SpeechHistory: Filtered items visible={len(self._filterModel)} filter='{self._filterText}'",
-                    True,
-                )
 
             if selectFirst and self._treeView and len(self._filterModel) > 0:
                 selection = self._treeView.get_selection()
                 selection.select_path(Gtk.TreePath.new_first())
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR refreshing list: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error refreshing speech history list")
 
     def _get_selected_text(self):
@@ -268,8 +412,7 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
                 return None
 
             return model[treeIter][0]
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR getting selection: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error getting selected speech history item")
             return None
 
@@ -284,11 +427,8 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
             clipboard.set_text(selectedText, -1)
             clipboard.store()
 
-            preview = selectedText[:60] + ("..." if len(selectedText) > 60 else "")
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: Copied to clipboard '{preview}'", True)
             self._present_message("Copied to clipboard.")
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR copying: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error copying speech history item to clipboard")
             self._present_message("Error copying to clipboard.")
 
@@ -300,33 +440,27 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
                 return
 
             removed = speech_history.remove(selectedText)
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: Remove requested removed={removed}", True)
             if removed:
                 self._refresh_list(selectFirst=True)
                 self._present_message("Removed from history.")
             else:
                 self._present_message("Item not found in history.")
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR removing: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error removing speech history item")
             self._present_message("Error removing item from history.")
 
     def _on_close_clicked(self, button):
-        debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Close button clicked", True)
         self._close_window()
 
     def _close_window(self):
         try:
             if self._window:
-                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Closing window", True)
                 self._window.destroy()
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR closing window: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error closing SpeechHistory window")
             self._resume_capture()
 
     def _on_window_destroy(self, widget):
-        debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Window destroyed", True)
         self._window = None
         self._filterEntry = None
         self._listStore = None
@@ -338,14 +472,12 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
     def _on_window_key_press(self, widget, event):
         try:
             if event.keyval == Gdk.KEY_Escape:
-                debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Escape pressed; closing window", True)
                 self._close_window()
                 return True
 
             if not self._filterEntry or self._filterEntry.is_focus():
                 return False
 
-            # If user starts typing anywhere, move focus to filter and update it.
             if event.keyval == Gdk.KEY_BackSpace:
                 currentText = self._filterEntry.get_text() or ""
                 if currentText:
@@ -376,8 +508,7 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
             self._filterEntry.set_text(currentText + charTyped)
             self._filterEntry.set_position(-1)
             return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR in key handler: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error handling key press in SpeechHistory window")
             return False
 
@@ -385,7 +516,6 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
         if self._capturePaused:
             return
 
-        debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Pausing capture while window is open", True)
         speech_history.pause_capture(reason="SpeechHistory window open")
         self._capturePaused = True
 
@@ -393,7 +523,6 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
         if not self._capturePaused:
             return
 
-        debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, "SpeechHistory: Resuming capture (window closed)", True)
         speech_history.resume_capture(reason="SpeechHistory window closed")
         self._capturePaused = False
 
@@ -408,6 +537,5 @@ class SpeechHistory(Plugin):
                 state.activeScript.presentMessage(message, resetStyles=False)
             else:
                 debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: {message}", True)
-        except Exception as e:
-            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, f"SpeechHistory: ERROR presenting message: {e}", True)
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error presenting message from SpeechHistory")

src/cthulhu/script_utilities.py

@@ -5122,6 +5122,9 @@ class Utilities:
         if not event.type.startswith("object:text-changed:insert"):
             return False
 
+        if not cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.getSetting("enableKeyEcho"):
+            return False
+
         if AXUtilities.is_focusable(event.source) \
            and not AXUtilities.is_focused(event.source) \
            and event.source != cthulhu_state.locusOfFocus:

src/cthulhu/scripts/default.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from gi.repository import Gdk
 import re
 import time
 
+import cthulhu.acss as acss
 import cthulhu.braille as braille
 import cthulhu.cmdnames as cmdnames
 import cthulhu.dbus_service as dbus_service
@@ -1473,7 +1474,9 @@ class Script(script.Script):
         """Callback for object:announcement events."""
 
         if isinstance(event.any_data, str):
-            self.presentMessage(event.any_data)
+            # AT-SPI announcements contain application content, not system messages.
+            # Use resetStyles=False to preserve the user's punctuation settings.
+            self.presentMessage(event.any_data, resetStyles=False)
 
     def onNameChanged(self, event):
         """Callback for object:property-change:accessible-name events."""
@@ -1816,6 +1819,9 @@ class Script(script.Script):
         if len(string) != 1:
             return
 
+        if not cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.getSetting('enableKeyEcho'):
+            return
+
         if cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.getSetting('enableEchoBySentence') \
            and self.echoPreviousSentence(event.source):
             return
@@ -1965,6 +1971,15 @@ class Script(script.Script):
             debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, msg, True)
             return
 
+        # Some toolkits emit transient window:deactivate/window:activate pairs
+        # while the same window remains active. Treat those as noise so we do
+        # not clear state and force a full script/settings reactivation.
+        AXObject.clear_cache(event.source)
+        if AXUtilities.is_active(event.source):
+            msg = "DEFAULT: Ignoring event. Source window still active."
+            debug.printMessage(debug.LEVEL_INFO, msg, True)
+            return
+
         if self.flatReviewPresenter.is_active():
             self.flatReviewPresenter.quit()
 
@@ -2217,9 +2232,12 @@ class Script(script.Script):
             sentence = self.utilities.substring(obj, sentenceStartOffset + 1,
                                          sentenceEndOffset + 1)
 
-        voice = self.speechGenerator.voice(obj=obj, string=sentence)
         sentence = self.utilities.adjustForRepeats(sentence)
-        self.speakMessage(sentence, voice)
+        if self._shouldUseCustomEchoVoice("sentence"):
+            speech.speakEchoText(sentence, self._getCustomEchoVoice())
+        else:
+            voice = self.speechGenerator.voice(obj=obj, string=sentence)
+            self.speakMessage(sentence, voice)
         return True
 
     def echoPreviousWord(self, obj, offset=None):
@@ -2286,9 +2304,12 @@ class Script(script.Script):
             word = self.utilities.\
                 substring(obj, wordStartOffset + 1, wordEndOffset + 1)
 
-        voice = self.speechGenerator.voice(obj=obj, string=word)
         word = self.utilities.adjustForRepeats(word)
-        self.speakMessage(word, voice)
+        if self._shouldUseCustomEchoVoice("word"):
+            speech.speakEchoText(word, self._getCustomEchoVoice())
+        else:
+            voice = self.speechGenerator.voice(obj=obj, string=word)
+            self.speakMessage(word, voice)
         return True
 
     def sayCharacter(self, obj):
@@ -2890,6 +2911,9 @@ class Script(script.Script):
         if not event.shouldEcho or event.isCthulhuModified():
             return False
 
+        if not cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager.getSetting('enableKeyEcho'):
+            return False
+
         role = AXObject.get_role(cthulhu_state.locusOfFocus)
         if role in [Atspi.Role.DIALOG, Atspi.Role.FRAME, Atspi.Role.WINDOW]:
             focusedObject = AXUtilities.get_focused_object(cthulhu_state.activeWindow)
@@ -3330,6 +3354,47 @@ class Script(script.Script):
     #                                                                      #
     ########################################################################
 
+    def _shouldUseCustomEchoVoice(self, echoType):
+        """Returns True if custom echo settings should be used for the given type."""
+
+        settingForType = {
+            "key": "useCustomEchoForKey",
+            "character": "useCustomEchoForCharacter",
+            "word": "useCustomEchoForWord",
+            "sentence": "useCustomEchoForSentence",
+        }
+
+        settingName = settingForType.get(echoType)
+        if not settingName:
+            return False
+
+        settingsManager = cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager
+        if not settingsManager.getSetting("enableKeyEcho"):
+            return False
+
+        if not settingsManager.getSetting("useCustomEchoVoice"):
+            return False
+
+        return settingsManager.getSetting(settingName)
+
+    def _getCustomEchoVoice(self):
+        """Returns the effective ACSS voice for custom echo output."""
+
+        settingsManager = cthulhu.cthulhuApp.settingsManager
+        voices = settingsManager.getSetting("voices") or {}
+        defaultVoice = acss.ACSS(voices.get(settings.DEFAULT_VOICE, {}))
+
+        echoVoice = settingsManager.getSetting("echoVoice")
+        if not echoVoice:
+            return defaultVoice
+
+        try:
+            defaultVoice.update(acss.ACSS(echoVoice))
+        except Exception:
+            debug.printException(debug.LEVEL_INFO)
+
+        return defaultVoice
+
     def speakKeyEvent(self, event):
         """Method to speak a keyboard event. Scripts should use this method
         rather than calling speech.speakKeyEvent directly."""
@@ -3338,6 +3403,10 @@ class Script(script.Script):
         if event.is_printable_key():
             string = event.event_string
 
+        if self._shouldUseCustomEchoVoice("key"):
+            speech.speakEchoKeyEvent(event, self._getCustomEchoVoice())
+            return
+
         voice = self.speechGenerator.voice(string=string)
         speech.speakKeyEvent(event, voice)
 
@@ -3345,6 +3414,10 @@ class Script(script.Script):
         """Method to speak a single character. Scripts should use this
         method rather than calling speech.speakCharacter directly."""
 
+        if self._shouldUseCustomEchoVoice("character"):
+            speech.speakEchoCharacter(character, self._getCustomEchoVoice())
+            return
+
         voice = self.speechGenerator.voice(string=character)
         speech.speakCharacter(character, voice)
 

src/cthulhu/scripts/web/script.py

@@ -1648,9 +1648,21 @@ class Script(default.Script):
         elif self.utilities.isContentEditableWithEmbeddedObjects(newFocus) \
            and (self._lastCommandWasCaretNav or self._lastCommandWasStructNav) \
            and not (AXUtilities.is_table_cell(newFocus) and AXObject.get_name(newFocus)):
-            tokens = ["WEB: New focus", newFocus, "content editable. Generating line."]
-            debug.printTokens(debug.LEVEL_INFO, tokens, True)
-            contents = self.utilities.getLineContentsAtOffset(newFocus, caretOffset)
+            # Check if we're entering the content editable from outside (e.g. down arrow
+            # from a message list into a message entry). In that case, generate full object
+            # speech (with label and role) rather than just line contents.
+            enteredFromOutside = oldFocus is not None \
+                and oldFocus != newFocus \
+                and not AXObject.find_ancestor(oldFocus, lambda x: x == newFocus)
+            if enteredFromOutside:
+                tokens = ["WEB: New focus", newFocus,
+                          "content editable entered from outside. Generating speech."]
+                debug.printTokens(debug.LEVEL_INFO, tokens, True)
+                args['priorObj'] = oldFocus
+            else:
+                tokens = ["WEB: New focus", newFocus, "content editable. Generating line."]
+                debug.printTokens(debug.LEVEL_INFO, tokens, True)
+                contents = self.utilities.getLineContentsAtOffset(newFocus, caretOffset)
         elif self.utilities.isAnchor(newFocus):
             tokens = ["WEB: New focus", newFocus, "is anchor. Generating line."]
             debug.printTokens(debug.LEVEL_INFO, tokens, True)