Wątek: Screen Readers

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41 z 598: thespyde

I have noticed that the Weather Plus add-on for NVDA finally got a good update system, and I have also noticed capitalization
errors in the days of the week and Months of the year. This is noticed when I copy the forecast to the clipboard.

I'm basically just putting this out because I have written the developer about it and nothing has been
done. I wrote him some time back, just sayin'.

Charles Wells
05.02.2018 10:41

42 z 598: hozosch

Ah, ok. That should be no problem to fix, I guess some strings have to be corrected in the py file.


05.02.2018 14:42

43 z 598: thespyde

I figured it wouldn't be a big deal, but getting it done, well, that seems to be another matter altogether.

It is a huge relief not having to rename the zip file any more, so, yeah, progress.



Charles Wells
05.02.2018 21:17

44 z 598: hozosch

Yeah, but that was strange with the zip file, because I always get it as addon, and I also had no problems
with the way it was before, but it is indeed simpler, and therefore nice.

05.02.2018 22:09

45 z 598: thespyde

Indeed. I wonder what he means by non-expert user, oh well, glad he made the update simpler for dummies
like me.

Charles Wells
05.02.2018 22:29

46 z 598: hozosch

In my opinion, it's quite obvious. Non-expert user = Newbie. But you don't really are a newbie, are you?
Anyway, I actually knew it before the new version came out, because, being a translator for this marvelous
Addon, I always get the mail with the changes, and, if needed, the po file with new prompts in the addon itself to be
translated.


06.02.2018 06:50

47 z 598: thespyde

I'm not a newbie but I didn't understand that other update system he had.

Charles Wells
06.02.2018 08:56

48 z 598: hozosch

Yeah, I don't know what was going on with your computer either. I just chose a location and the file
name, and after that, it would get saved as addon without problems. But it is indeed a huge progress,
especially not having to go to the menu to download it. You can now download it directly when NVDA starts,
if the automatic update check is turned on.


06.02.2018 09:00

49 z 598: thespyde

Yes, I much prefer it this way, rather than what I was experiencing. When I got that choose file dialog
and chose it, I got a message that the download was canceled. If that makes me a non-expert user, then I'm terribly
glad he fixed it, as I said before.

Charles Wells
06.02.2018 09:52

50 z 598: hozosch

Yeah. :D. I also noticed his mails are a bit difficult to understand sometimes, because there are
sentences which just don't make sense. I guess he's using an electronic translation service or something.

06.02.2018 11:24

51 z 598: thespyde

Ah yes, translating programs. I think Google translate uses the word like there's a can of beer in German when
you say you can do something and translate it, haha! I wonder if translation software will ever come
out of the infancy stage.



Charles Wells
06.02.2018 21:27

52 z 598: hozosch

Well, I'd say google is the best by far, ever since they switched to google neural machine, which basically
analyzes a whole sentence and then translates it rather than picking bits, which results in a more
gramatically correct translation. But context based translation and the translation of idioms and expressions is a huge challenge for machines. I guess we're digressing
from the actual topic here, though.


06.02.2018 23:21

53 z 598: thespyde

Yes, we are, oh well, he he.

Oh, and to an earlier post, this screen reader thread isn't a competition. People have different needs
and preferences in their technology, whatever it might be. There are no winners and losers here, just
discussion of screen readers and add-ons, scripts, whatever.

Charles Wells
07.02.2018 08:46

54 z 598: etno

Does anyone here use a chromebook?

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23.03.2018 21:21

55 z 598: thespyde

I follow someone on Twitter who uses a Chrome Book, and she says it's wonderful for writing but the Vocalizer voices she has on it keep slowing her computer up and makes it crash at times.
Charles Wells
24.03.2018 15:05

56 z 598: bryanbkm82

Hi.
I have an android device, and I have to say talkback is pretty cool.
There's also another screen reader on android called shine plus. That one is ok as well.


26.03.2018 15:25

57 z 598: thespyde

Wow, cool. I've definitely been thinking about joining the touch screen crowd, and Android would be the way I'd want to go. Shine Plus, interesting.
Charles Wells
26.03.2018 17:16

58 z 598: thespyde

Does anyone know what Voice Assistant is on Android? Is it a screen reader?
Charles Wells
10.04.2018 13:04

59 z 598: thespyde

Ah well, never mind. I found out using my new search engine, which is Start Page, thanks to my younger brother for telling me about that thing.

It's Google Assistant, not Voice Assistant, smiles, and I know what that is already, like Siri.

Now, back to the regularly scheduled topic, grins.
Charles Wells
10.04.2018 16:56

60 z 598: hozosch

Actually, I think that the build in samsung screen reader was called voice assistant before the name was changed to galaxy talkback

10.04.2018 21:39