From 9dbb46244f6ce438ab6244c82474e16e8b32b3e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jage9 <jj@bestmidi.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:12:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Expand character announcements for common punctuation

---
 client/public/version.js |  2 +-
 client/src/main.ts       | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/public/version.js b/client/public/version.js
index aab15a1..eef478c 100644
--- a/client/public/version.js
+++ b/client/public/version.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // Maintainer-controlled web client version.
 // Format: YYYY.MM.DD Rn (example: 2026.02.20 R2)
-window.CHGRID_WEB_VERSION = "2026.02.20 R67";
+window.CHGRID_WEB_VERSION = "2026.02.20 R68";
diff --git a/client/src/main.ts b/client/src/main.ts
index 617730a..0798dbd 100644
--- a/client/src/main.ts
+++ b/client/src/main.ts
@@ -647,10 +647,36 @@ function describeCharacter(ch: string): string {
   if (ch === '\t') return 'tab';
   if (ch === '.') return 'period';
   if (ch === ',') return 'comma';
+  if (ch === ':') return 'colon';
+  if (ch === ';') return 'semicolon';
+  if (ch === '!') return 'exclamation mark';
+  if (ch === '?') return 'question mark';
   if (ch === "'") return 'apostrophe';
   if (ch === '"') return 'quote';
+  if (ch === '/') return 'slash';
+  if (ch === '\\') return 'backslash';
   if (ch === '-') return 'dash';
+  if (ch === '_') return 'underscore';
   if (ch === '=') return 'equals';
+  if (ch === '+') return 'plus';
+  if (ch === '*') return 'asterisk';
+  if (ch === '&') return 'ampersand';
+  if (ch === '@') return 'at sign';
+  if (ch === '#') return 'hash';
+  if (ch === '%') return 'percent';
+  if (ch === '$') return 'dollar sign';
+  if (ch === '^') return 'caret';
+  if (ch === '|') return 'pipe';
+  if (ch === '~') return 'tilde';
+  if (ch === '`') return 'backtick';
+  if (ch === '(') return 'left parenthesis';
+  if (ch === ')') return 'right parenthesis';
+  if (ch === '[') return 'left bracket';
+  if (ch === ']') return 'right bracket';
+  if (ch === '{') return 'left brace';
+  if (ch === '}') return 'right brace';
+  if (ch === '<') return 'less than';
+  if (ch === '>') return 'greater than';
   return ch;
 }