Fix NVDA reading the Unicode hyphen (U+2010) as hyphen (#19114)#19248
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Resolves nvaccess#19114 NVDA reads the Unicode hyphen (U+2010) differently from the standard ASCII hyphen-minus (U+002D). When U+2010 appears inside compound words like "open‑source", NVDA would read it explicitly as “hyphen” which is incorrect. Compound words containing U+2010 are now read naturally without calling out “hyphen.” Added the following line to source/locale/en/symbols.dic under Standard punctuation/symbols: hyphen most always This ensures U+2010 is preserved inside words but not spoken explicitly. U+2010 (Unicode hyphen) previously had level=0 and preserve=0, causing it to be read aloud as “hyphen” inside words. By adding an entry in source/locale/en/symbols.dic: This sets an appropriate level and preserve value so that U+2010 is preserved in compound words but not explicitly spoken. Manually tested examples: - open‑source -> "open source" (U+2010) - open-source -> "open source" (U+002D) Confirms compound words read correctly. No other functionality affected.
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Resolves #19114
Summary of the issue:
NVDA reads the Unicode hyphen (U+2010) differently from the standard ASCII hyphen-minus (U+002D). When U+2010 appears inside compound words like "open‑source", NVDA would read it explicitly as “open hyphen source” which is incorrect.
Description of user facing changes:
Compound words containing U+2010 are now read naturally without calling out “hyphen.”
Description of developer facing changes:
Added the following line to source/locale/en/symbols.dic under Standard punctuation/symbols:
hyphen most alwaysThis ensures U+2010 is preserved inside words but not spoken explicitly.
Description of development approach:
U+2010 (Unicode hyphen) previously had level=0 and preserve=0, causing it to be read aloud as “hyphen” inside words. By adding an entry in source/locale/en/symbols.dic: This sets an appropriate level and preserve value so that U+2010 is preserved in compound words but not explicitly spoken.
Testing strategy:
Manually tested examples:
Confirms that NVDA is reading these compound words read correctly, with "hyphen" now not being spoken explicitly in the U+2010 case.
Known issues with pull request:
Note that due to the small nature of this change, I decided not to include a change log entry.
Currently, this change only updates
source/locale/en/symbols.dic. It is unclear whether U+2010 should also be added to other locales and may require further review.Code Review Checklist: