Hi, Most add-ons are introduced without translations, or if introduced, are not localized yet. The reason is that users would like to know if the new add-on is something they wish to use before transl

Hi all, Some answers: Review required: in the past, basic review (license and copyright, security, user experience, documentation, NVDA compatibility) was needed to introduce new add-ons to the commun

Hi all, A birdy tells me that things have changed regarding add-on review process. Stay tuned for details. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Part of that depends on when NV Access folks will get a chance to review the distribution queue a.k.a. pull requests. Cheers, Joseph

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Hi all, Merry Christmas (for those celebrating it). This is actually the first of a series of add-on release announcements for version 22.01 (January 2022 release). Because there are many of them and

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Hi all, IMPORTANT: the following message is intended for early adopters and developers. If you have any questions, please DO NOT reply to this message on the forum – please write to me privately. A wh

Hi, I see what's up - I'll write a detailed post about it on add-ons list (not here; I've been meaning to update the add-on dev guide to mention latest changes in NVDA but couldn't due to graduate sch

Hi, Are you talking about add-on development guide found on GitHub? If so, I need to know exactly what the guide says so the author (I) can edit it. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Regarding add-on updates: in short, what you are suggesting is exactly the mechanism Add-on Updater uses to download add-on updates, although with tweaks added. The story about it goes back many y

Hi, There is a philosophy in computer programming that is introduced to students when talking about object-oriented programming: separation of concerns; that is, treat each code as a domain expert, th

Hi all, With the end of fall finals, I decided to look at the forum archives in hopes of answering some add-on questions raised in the last few days. Specifically, I’m posting this message in response

Hi, The closest equivalent to object navigation in JAWS world is touch cursor. The easiest analogy I use when explaining object navigation (or for that matter, object hierarchy) is website layout, spe

Hi, Project Longhorn: I'm about to do it again (stay tuned for details). Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Can you try NVDA 2021.3.1 RC 1 and see if that makes a difference? Cheers, Joseph

Hi Marco, Are you talking about word frequency? Cheers, Joseph

Hi, I believe this should have no (to minimal) impact on NVDA - although NVDA does interface with JAB (Java Access Bridge), it is limited to obtaining accessibility information provided by JAB. Cheers

Hi, Regarding Add-on Updater and NAO, I'll write a clarifying post about exactly which add-ons Add-on Updater can check for updates next week as soon as I'm done with finals. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Yes - go ahead and advise the DJ to upgrade to Studio 6, and also tell this person to use NVDA 2021.3 and SPL add-on 21.11 as the latest add-on release adds support for Studio 6. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Currently when you perform an OCR with Windows, the resulting text is shown as a virtual buffer-like environment. If I read the post correctly, what the member is asking for is saving OCR results

Hi, That's a yes and a no. Without going into details (in consideration of the audience here), if the add-on (specifically, the global plugin) detects it is focused on Excel cell, it can perform the t