add pause to punctuation

config/punctuation/default.conf

@@ -8,19 +8,20 @@ some:===:.-$~+*-/\\@
 most:===:.,:-$~+*-/\\@!#%^&*()[]}{<>;
 all:===:!"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~
 
+# the punctuation char in some cases are append to the words because they create a pause in TTS, the behaviour may differ between the synthesers
 [punctDict]
 &:===:and
 ':===:apostrophe
 @:===:at
 \:===:backslash
 |:===:bar
-!:===:bang
+!:===:bang!
 ^:===:carrot
-::===:colon
+::===:colon:
-,:===:comma
+,:===:comma,
 -:===:dash
 $:===:dollar
-.:===:dot
+.:===:dot.
 >:===:greater
 `:===:grave
 #:===:hash
@@ -30,12 +31,12 @@ $:===:dollar
 <:===:less
 %:===:percent
 +:===:plus
-?:===:question
+?:===:question?
 ":===:quote
 ):===:right paren
 }:===:right brace
 ]:===:right bracket
-;:===:semicolon
+;:===:semicolon;
 /:===:slash
 *:===:star
 ~:===:tilde

src/fenrir/core/punctuationManager.py

@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ class punctuationManager():
     def initialize(self, environment):
         self.env = environment
         self.allPunctNone = dict.fromkeys(map(ord, string.punctuation +"§"), ' ')
-        # replace with space: 
+        # replace with None: 
-        # dot, comma, grave, apostrophe
+        # grave, apostrophe
-        for char in [ord('.'),ord(','),ord('`'),ord("'")]:
+        for char in [ord('`'),ord("'")]:
             self.allPunctNone[char] = None
+        # dont translate dot and comma because they create a pause
+        for char in [ord('.'),ord(',')]:
+            del self.allPunctNone[char]
 
     def shutdown(self):
         pass

src/fenrir/speechDriver/speechd.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class driver():
         try:
             import speechd 
             self._sd =  speechd.SSIPClient('fenrir')
+            self._punct = speechd.PunctuationMode()
             self._isInitialized = True
         except:
             self._initialized = False
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class driver():
         if queueable == False: self.cancel()
         try:
             self._sd.set_synthesis_voice(self._language)        
+            self._sd.set_punctuation(self._punct.NONE)
         except:
             pass
         self._sd.speak(text)