Re: in this group is my 1st mail
I want nvaccess to help you
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 10:04 PM Jesse Farquharson <jesse100rules@...> wrote:
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Re: lion universal subtitle reader and more NVDA addon
Hi, Suffice to say that someone (not me) is researching this possibility at the moment. Cheers, Joseph
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of abdul muhamin
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 9:32 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] lion universal subtitle reader and more NVDA addon
Hi, I’m using this addon on win10 with the latest NVDA, the best thing of this addon is to read the subtitles and on screen text automatically. If possible, please add this functionality to NVDA core, so that it can be used with Win10 ocr.
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From: Joseph Lee
Hello everyone, I took a look at this add-on, and I'm afraid this one isn't really compatible with recent NVDA releases and other issues were found (no wonder it is labeled a "beta" at this time). Specifically: * OCR engine: it uses OCR engine found in Windows 10. Therefore unless you are using Windows 10, you won't be able to use this add-on at all (you can configure things, but the thing that enables this add-on is missing on older Windows releases). * It uses code fragments that are no longer supported in newer NVDA dependencies (specifically, wxPython). Thanks. Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Vaibhav Bhandari Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [nvda] lion subtitle reader and more addon
Hi, You can download the addon from the link given below- https://blindieconnect.net/files/lion-latest.nvda-addon
On 8/19/20, Aravind R <aravind.andhrabank@...> wrote: > add on link is not pasted boss. > > On 19/08/2020, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@...> wrote: >> Hi, >> Here pasted below is the lion subtitle reader and more documentation. >> My question though is, what is the very first combo box used for in >> lion settings never mind I figured it out it changes how often OCR is >> performed. >> >> What is it >> LION is an addon which does Automatic OCr of certain screen portions, >> at a certain interval. Why do I say that it is intelligent? No, not >> because I've written it, nor because the "i" makes for a nice >> acronym. Since it does OCR of the same screen portion multiple times, >> normally it would read the same text multiple times, which is not >> very nice. So, I implemented a mechanism to skip speaking of the text >> if it seems similar to the previously recognised text. >> What can I do with it? >> The main reason I wrote it was to read subtitles. Due to the way it >> works, it can read any subtitles on the screen, including Youtube, >> Netflix and other online video sites, subtitles embedded in AVI >> files, and even live tV! >> Make sure to set the video to full screen when using it, as it works >> like sighted eyes do. It needs big text for better performance. The >> quality won't be perfect, try to set the font of the subtitles as >> large as possible, if you have the option, and use a high resolution >> screen. The OCR engine it uses is not perfect. It may have inferior >> results on certain images. >> Other than that, It can be used to monitor any inaccessible text on >> the screen, like video game menus. It won't tell you highlighted >> text, unfortunately. >> How do I use it? >> To launch it with default options, just press NVDA+alt+l. LION will >> start OCR of the whole screen at a 1 second interval, speaking only >> when the text changes. Hopefully. :) If you want to customize its >> behaviour, go to the NVDA Menu, Preferences, LION settings. For >> example, a video file might have a logo in the upper left corner that >> gets read along with the subtitle, and disrupts the experience. We'll >> see how to fix this in the next section. >> LION has the following settings: >> 1. OCR interval: how often the program does OCR. Takes values from >> 0.1 second to 10 seconds. >> 2. OCR target: specifies the screen portion to OCR. Options are: >> current control, current window, navigator object, and full screen 3. >> Crop pixels from above, below, right, left. In full screen mode, >> those four fields allow you to crop sections from the screen from >> being scanned. >> Those settings work only in full screen and current window modes. >> Why is this setting useful? Let's remember the logo example above. >> Just crop 10% or so from above to skip the logo, and you won't hear >> it. Actually, to make the recognition faster and less resource >> intensive, you can crop like 70% from above, since subtitles are >> usually found in the lower third of the screen. >> what's new >> version 1.11 >> Fixed a bug, mainly observed in youtube fullscreen. >> version 1.1 >> 1. the crop settings affect the current window mode, too 2. >> implemented a similarity threshold setting, mainlly useful in games. >> LION >> always compares the current text with the one which has been spoken >> previously. If it thinks the text hasn't changed, it doesn't speak. >> This setting controls how aggressive LION is in comparing texts. 0 >> means all texts are identical, practically rendering the addon >> unusable. 1 will read all texts, even if they are the same. The >> default is 0.5. >> version 1.0 >> initial version >> Who wrote this, how often will I see updates? >> My name is Stefan Moisei, a blind programmer trying to survive in an >> East European country, Romania, who has a lot to catch up to get to >> an occidental level. LION, and other blind specific software are just >> a hobby for me, developed in my spare time. So, I'm afraid updates >> won't come too often. >> But >> if you can code, this is NVDA, so the source is right there. :) >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > > -- > -- > nothing is difficult unless you make it appear so. > > r. aravind, > > manager > Department of sales > bank of baroda specialised mortgage store, Chennai. > mobile no: +91 9940369593, > email id : aravind_069@..., aravind.andhrabank@.... > > > >
-- Thanks/regards: Vaibhav Bhandari
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Re: in this group is my 1st mail
Jesse Farquharson
Hey there, How can we help you?
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in this group is my 1st mail
HI! nvda users you help me ???? love from pakistan
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Re: lion universal subtitle reader and more NVDA addon
abdul muhamin
Use it and share your experience, I’ve tried it while playing Mortal Kombat, and the results were satisfying
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From: Moty Azrad
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 1:29 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] lion universal subtitle reader and more NVDA addon
Dear all,
I’ve installed successfully this new addon. Eilana, try again to install it.
Good luck
Moti
Moti Azrad Musician and Piano-Tuner
Israel
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Eilana Benish
I have tried to install the add on But I received a message saying that installation fail . In addition It would be wise to give a page with more details about the add ONS and supported languages and keyboard shortcuts.
בתאריך יום ב׳, 17 באוג׳ 2020 ב-22:28 מאת JM Casey <jmcasey@...>:
ובכבוד רב | Sincerely, אילנה בניש מורשה נגישות שירות 2200 | Eilana Benish, service Accessibility authorized (2200) 📱 +972-50-7100367 | 📧 benish.ilana@...
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Re: lion universal subtitle reader and more NVDA addon
abdul muhamin
Hi, I’m using this addon on win10 with the latest NVDA, the best thing of this addon is to read the subtitles and on screen text automatically. If possible, please add this functionality to NVDA core, so that it can be used with Win10 ocr.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Joseph Lee
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:32 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] lion subtitle reader and more addon
Hello everyone, I took a look at this add-on, and I'm afraid this one isn't really compatible with recent NVDA releases and other issues were found (no wonder it is labeled a "beta" at this time). Specifically: * OCR engine: it uses OCR engine found in Windows 10. Therefore unless you are using Windows 10, you won't be able to use this add-on at all (you can configure things, but the thing that enables this add-on is missing on older Windows releases). * It uses code fragments that are no longer supported in newer NVDA dependencies (specifically, wxPython). Thanks. Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Vaibhav Bhandari Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:17 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] lion subtitle reader and more addon
Hi, You can download the addon from the link given below- https://blindieconnect.net/files/lion-latest.nvda-addon
On 8/19/20, Aravind R <aravind.andhrabank@...> wrote: > add on link is not pasted boss. > > On 19/08/2020, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@...> wrote: >> Hi, >> Here pasted below is the lion subtitle reader and more documentation. >> My question though is, what is the very first combo box used for in >> lion settings never mind I figured it out it changes how often OCR is >> performed. >> >> What is it >> LION is an addon which does Automatic OCr of certain screen portions, >> at a certain interval. Why do I say that it is intelligent? No, not >> because I've written it, nor because the "i" makes for a nice >> acronym. Since it does OCR of the same screen portion multiple times, >> normally it would read the same text multiple times, which is not >> very nice. So, I implemented a mechanism to skip speaking of the text >> if it seems similar to the previously recognised text. >> What can I do with it? >> The main reason I wrote it was to read subtitles. Due to the way it >> works, it can read any subtitles on the screen, including Youtube, >> Netflix and other online video sites, subtitles embedded in AVI >> files, and even live tV! >> Make sure to set the video to full screen when using it, as it works >> like sighted eyes do. It needs big text for better performance. The >> quality won't be perfect, try to set the font of the subtitles as >> large as possible, if you have the option, and use a high resolution >> screen. The OCR engine it uses is not perfect. It may have inferior >> results on certain images. >> Other than that, It can be used to monitor any inaccessible text on >> the screen, like video game menus. It won't tell you highlighted >> text, unfortunately. >> How do I use it? >> To launch it with default options, just press NVDA+alt+l. LION will >> start OCR of the whole screen at a 1 second interval, speaking only >> when the text changes. Hopefully. :) If you want to customize its >> behaviour, go to the NVDA Menu, Preferences, LION settings. For >> example, a video file might have a logo in the upper left corner that >> gets read along with the subtitle, and disrupts the experience. We'll >> see how to fix this in the next section. >> LION has the following settings: >> 1. OCR interval: how often the program does OCR. Takes values from >> 0.1 second to 10 seconds. >> 2. OCR target: specifies the screen portion to OCR. Options are: >> current control, current window, navigator object, and full screen 3. >> Crop pixels from above, below, right, left. In full screen mode, >> those four fields allow you to crop sections from the screen from >> being scanned. >> Those settings work only in full screen and current window modes. >> Why is this setting useful? Let's remember the logo example above. >> Just crop 10% or so from above to skip the logo, and you won't hear >> it. Actually, to make the recognition faster and less resource >> intensive, you can crop like 70% from above, since subtitles are >> usually found in the lower third of the screen. >> what's new >> version 1.11 >> Fixed a bug, mainly observed in youtube fullscreen. >> version 1.1 >> 1. the crop settings affect the current window mode, too 2. >> implemented a similarity threshold setting, mainlly useful in games. >> LION >> always compares the current text with the one which has been spoken >> previously. If it thinks the text hasn't changed, it doesn't speak. >> This setting controls how aggressive LION is in comparing texts. 0 >> means all texts are identical, practically rendering the addon >> unusable. 1 will read all texts, even if they are the same. The >> default is 0.5. >> version 1.0 >> initial version >> Who wrote this, how often will I see updates? >> My name is Stefan Moisei, a blind programmer trying to survive in an >> East European country, Romania, who has a lot to catch up to get to >> an occidental level. LION, and other blind specific software are just >> a hobby for me, developed in my spare time. So, I'm afraid updates >> won't come too often. >> But >> if you can code, this is NVDA, so the source is right there. :) >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > > -- > -- > nothing is difficult unless you make it appear so. > > r. aravind, > > manager > Department of sales > bank of baroda specialised mortgage store, Chennai. > mobile no: +91 9940369593, > email id : aravind_069@..., aravind.andhrabank@.... > aravind.rajendran@.... > > > >
-- Thanks/regards: Vaibhav Bhandari
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Re: DECtalk Synthesizer
Hi, If this person holds copyright to this DLL’s source code and is willing to license it in a way that allows a GNU GPL project like an NVDA add-on to include the DLL, then I’ll ask the NVDA add-ons community to take a look at this add-on. We must go through this step in order to make sure we do have the proper rights (copyright laws are complex). Just because software is abandonware does not mean it is automatically assumed that it can be incorporated into a project licensed under open-source license such as GNU General Public License. Cheers, Joseph
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 6:33 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] DECtalk Synthesizer
I was able to get in touch with the author of the DLL inside the ad on. He emailed me and said that it was OK to distribute the ad on because it is a Bandan where. The DLL is a Bandan where and he does not mind if we distribute the ad on and the DLL file that is inside of it.
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
Hi,
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We (NVDA developers) try our best to use the latest Liblouis release to go with NVDA releases, so it won't be until later this year when we get to use upcoming Liblouis release (there is usually at least one NVDA collaborator working on Libluis support and upgrades). Cheers, Joseph
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of John J. Boyer Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 6:32 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] The Braille tables need updating. Hi Joseph, The UEB tables should be stable in this release of liblouis. A new release will be out soon. NVDA may want to upgrade to that. John On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 06:02:48AM -0700, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi John,consider. For others: lately I find myself acknowledging many things... Yes, I-- John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
John J. Boyer
I think the NVDA developers should use the latest release of liblouis as a matter of course. The release process is meticulous.
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Things are checked carefully. John
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 03:34:44PM +0200, Christo de Klerk wrote:
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John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
Hi, Provided that the table passes Liblouis table tests (it’s been a while since I last touched it), ask NVDA developers (via GitHub) if this table can be included in output and/or input tables list. Cheers, Joseph
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Christo de Klerk
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 6:35 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] The Braille tables need updating.
Joseph
The Afrikaans grade 2 table has been distributed with versions of LibLouis for almost a year and it is perfectly stable. What is the procedure? Should I ask the LibLouis developers to let NVDA developers know that there is a new, stable table? Do they do that as a rule with new tables? I would have expected that if a table is included in the LibLouis Tables folder and distributed with the package, it would mean that the table is stable.
I believe many South African users of NVDA are keen for this table to show up in NVDA. I developed the table and use it every day. Should I give LibLouis some instruction about it?
Kind regards
Christo
On 2020/08/20 02:54pm, Joseph Lee wrote:
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
Christo de Klerk
Joseph
The Afrikaans grade 2 table has been
distributed with versions of LibLouis for almost a year and it is
perfectly stable. What is the procedure? Should I ask the LibLouis
developers to let NVDA developers know that there is a new, stable
table? Do they do that as a rule with new tables? I would have
expected that if a table is included in the LibLouis Tables folder
and distributed with the package, it would mean that the table is
stable.
I believe many South African users of
NVDA are keen for this table to show up in NVDA. I developed the
table and use it every day. Should I give LibLouis some
instruction about it?
Kind regards
Christo
On 2020/08/20 02:54pm, Joseph Lee
wrote:
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Re: DECtalk Synthesizer
Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@...>
I was able to get in touch with the author of the DLL inside the ad on. He emailed me and said that it was OK to distribute the ad on because it is a Bandan where. The DLL is a Bandan where and he does not mind if we distribute the ad on and the DLL file that is inside of it.
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
John J. Boyer
Hi Joseph,
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The UEB tables should be stable in this release of liblouis. A new release will be out soon. NVDA may want to upgrade to that. John
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 06:02:48AM -0700, Joseph Lee wrote:
Hi John, --
John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
John J. Boyer
Hi Christo,
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Thanks. I have UEB now! I don't know if people can read the html message you sent. It says that the tables are listed alphabeticaloly, so the Unified English Braille table would not be found under English. The U.S. tables are no longer being maintained. I've been using UEB in my translations of books from Bookshare with good results. John
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 11:49:54AM +0200, Christo de Klerk wrote:
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John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
Hi John,
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This is the exact concern I had back in 2013 when I worked on en-ueb table series. Although it might be too late to change it (as the UEB entries were added when the old uebc-g1/g2 tables were in use), I think at least talking to NV Access people might yield something for us to consider. For others: lately I find myself acknowledging many things... Yes, I am the person who created and organized a massive effort to improve current Unified English Braille (UEB) tables that ships with NVDA and many other screen readers. Perhaps the most significant thing I did with that table series was adding mathematical symbols, Greek letters, among many other symbols. Many improvements have been made since the en-ueb table series first appeared in 2013. Cheers, Joseph
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of John J. Boyer Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:26 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] The Braille tables need updating. I don't find the English UEB tableO in the list of output tables. John On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 04:24:42PM -0700, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi,-- John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
Hi, Provided that the table is declared stable, as it is really up to Liblouis table maintainers to let everyone know of this fact. Cheers, Joseph
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Christo de Klerk
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 2:50 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] The Braille tables need updating.
Hello John
The UEB table is present, but you won't see it among the English table. The list is shown alphabetically and the table is listed under U for Unified English.
But on this topic, I see that although the Afrikaans grade to table is in the Tables folder, it is not listed by NVDA. This should be fixed in NVDA.
Kind regards
Christo
On 2020/08/20 01:18am, John J. Boyer wrote: Hello,The Unified English Braille table is not listed in the output Tables list. I have NVDA 2020.2.Please include the en-ueb-g2.ctb table in the next release.Thanks,John
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Re: DECtalk Synthesizer
Hello everyone,
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The following post should be taken with a grain of salt: I took a look at the add-on in question, and I think this is an illegal add-on: * There is no copyright header stating that the add-on is licensed properly. * Inside the add-on is DECTalk synthesizer DLL. Unless the add-on author has obtained permission to incorporate and distribute the DLL as part of a third-party add-on software, it won't be right to distribute it in the wild. Cheers, Joseph
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 10:59 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] DECtalk Synthesizer John, yes, I was the one who posted it to a couple of other lists, and, didn't post it here since it's not hosted on the official NVDA add-ons page. It works fine here for me, on my windows 10 64 bit machine, running under the latest NVDA 2020.2 version, but, up to list mods if they want more than what has already been posted. Jacob Kruger +2782 413 4791 Skype: BlindZA "...resistance is futile...but, acceptance is versatile..." On 2020-08-20 12:33 AM, Don H wrote: I found the link for the Dectalk syn that works with the latest
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
Christo de Klerk
Hello John
The UEB table is present, but you won't
see it among the English table. The list is shown alphabetically
and the table is listed under U for Unified English.
But on this topic, I see that although
the Afrikaans grade to table is in the Tables folder, it is not
listed by NVDA. This should be fixed in NVDA.
Kind regards
Christo
On 2020/08/20 01:18am, John J. Boyer
wrote:
Hello, The Unified English Braille table is not listed in the output Tables list. I have NVDA 2020.2. Please include the en-ueb-g2.ctb table in the next release. Thanks, John
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In-Process is out
Quentin Christensen
Hi everyone, This week, synthesizer updates and tips, highlighting our first Ecuadorian Expert, and more info for those interested in working for NV Access. All in our In-Process blog:
https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-20th-august-2020/ Enjoy :) Quentin. Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess Twitter: @NVAccess
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Re: The Braille tables need updating.
Jackie
John, the unified english grade 1 & grade 2 tables are both present in
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my installation of NVDA, which is the same version as yours.
On 8/19/20, John J. Boyer <john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org> wrote:
I don't know what I am missing. I looked in the list of output tables. --
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