Add in expansion rules to speak more like how code is read.

lib/ace/ext/chromevox.js

@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ var NO_MATCH_EARCON = 'INVALID_KEYPRESS';
 var INSERT_MODE_STATE = 'insertMode';
 var COMMAND_MODE_STATE = 'start';
 
+var REPLACE_LIST = [
+  {
+    substr: ';',
+    newSubstr: ' semicolon '
+  },
+  {
+    substr: ':',
+    newSubstr: ' colon '
+  }
+];
+
 /**
  * Context menu commands.
  */
@@ -265,14 +276,59 @@ var isWord = function(cursor) {
 };
 
 /**
- * A mapping of syntax type to speech properties.
+ * A mapping of syntax type to speech properties / expanding rules.
  */
 var rules = {
-  'constant': CONSTANT_PROP,
-  'entity': ENTITY_PROP,
-  'keyword': KEYWORD_PROP,
-  'storage': STORAGE_PROP,
-  'variable': VARIABLE_PROP
+  'constant': {
+    prop: CONSTANT_PROP
+  },
+  'entity': {
+    prop: ENTITY_PROP
+  },
+  'keyword': {
+    prop: KEYWORD_PROP
+  },
+  'storage': {
+    prop: STORAGE_PROP
+  },
+  'variable': {
+    prop: VARIABLE_PROP
+  },
+  'meta': {
+    prop: DEFAULT_PROP,
+    replace: [
+      {
+        substr: '<',
+        newSubstr: ' tag start '
+      },
+      {
+        substr: '>',
+        newSubstr: ' tag end '
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Default rule to be used.
+ */
+var DEFAULT_RULE = {
+  prop: DEFAULT_RULE
+};
+
+/**
+ * Expands substrings to how they are read based on the given rules.
+ * @param {string} value Text to be expanded.
+ * @param {Array.<Object>} replaceRules Rules to determine expansion.
+ * @return {string} New expanded value.
+ */
+var expand = function(value, replaceRules) {
+  var newValue = value;
+  for (var i = 0; i < replaceRules.length; i++) {
+    var replaceRule = replaceRules[i];
+    newValue = newValue.replace(replaceRule.substr, replaceRule.newSubstr);
+  }
+  return newValue;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -307,7 +363,7 @@ var mergeLikeTokens = function(tokens) {
   for (var i = 1; i < tokens.length; i++) {
     var lastLikeToken = tokens[lastLikeIndex];
     var currToken = tokens[i];
-    if (getTokenProp(lastLikeToken) !== getTokenProp(currToken)) {
+    if (getTokenRule(lastLikeToken) !== getTokenRule(currToken)) {
       newTokens.push(mergeTokens(tokens, lastLikeIndex, i));
       lastLikeIndex = i;
     }
@@ -360,7 +416,7 @@ var speakTokenQueue = function(token) {
  * @param {!cvoxAce.Token} token Token to speak.
  * Get the token speech property.
  */
-var getTokenProp = function(token) {
+var getTokenRule = function(token) {
   /* Types are period delimited. In this case, we only syntax speak the outer
    * most type of token. */
   if (!token || !token.type) {
@@ -371,11 +427,11 @@ var getTokenProp = function(token) {
     return;
   }
   var type = split[0];
-  var prop = rules[type];
-  if (!prop) {
-    prop = DEFAULT_PROP;
+  var rule = rules[type];
+  if (!rule) {
+    return DEFAULT_RULE;
   }
-  return prop;
+  return rule;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -385,21 +441,12 @@ var getTokenProp = function(token) {
  * @param {number} queue Queue mode.
  */
 var speakToken_ = function(token, queue) {
-  /* Types are period delimited. In this case, we only syntax speak the outer
-   * most type of token. */
-  if (!token || !token.type) {
-    return;
+  var rule = getTokenRule(token);
+  var value = expand(token.value, REPLACE_LIST);
+  if (rule.replace) {
+    value = expand(value, rule.replace);
   }
-  var split = token.type.split('.');
-  if (split.length === 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-  var type = split[0];
-  var prop = rules[type];
-  if (!prop) {
-    prop = DEFAULT_PROP;
-  }
-  cvox.Api.speak(token.value, queue, prop);
+  cvox.Api.speak(value, queue, rule.prop);
 };
 
 /**