♪ symbol causing problems (original) (raw)

I have repeated issues with punctuation being read aloud whenever it is followed by a music note symbol: ( ♪ ).

This happens whenever a character is singing, such as The Wandering Minstrel, Jehantel (from the Bard questline), and even Tataru when she is humming a tune.

So what I have gotten is:

1. .♪ : When a verse ends with a period ( . ) directly before a music note symbol ( .♪ ) It reads "(any lyrical line) dot"
2. ～♪ : When a verse ends with a tilde ( ～ ) directly before a music note symbol ( ～♪ ) It reads "(any lyrical line) tilde"
3. ,♪ : When a verse ends with a comma ( , ) directly before a music note symbol ( ,♪) It reads it as "(any lyrical line) comma"
4. -♪ : When a verse ends with a dash ( - ) directly before a music note symbol ( -♪ ) It reads it as "(any lyrical line) dash"

I think these are the four most common occurrences in which the music note causes the punctuation or other symbol to be read aloud, but there may be more. What I cannot figure out, yet, is how to silence those punctuations from being verbalized when directly followed by a music note symbol without any spaces, as generally the ♪ always comes after punctuation without any spaces.

It can be quite annoying, especially when the song or ditty has multiple lines to it.

Originally posted by @SaphiraGrace in #62 (comment)