Do we have a bug tracker to see all reported issues? And report new? On 6 Sep 2013 12:49, "Dipendra Manocha" <dipendra.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Would be very interested to engage with this TTS developer to facilitate > that this new TTS is compatible and available with regular NVDA installer. > > Thanks > Dipendra > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf > Of Ashik > Sent: 06 September 2013 06:37 > To: Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobilephones > and Tabs. > Subject: Re: [AI] NEW EXCITING DEVELOPMENT IN SCREEN READING SOFTWARE > > Dear Sir, > > I am glad to inform you all that a Nepali software developer has developed > a > Gujarati TTS recently. However it is still to be published. We are in the > processof making it more user-friendly. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dipendra Manocha" <dipendra.li...@gmail.com> > To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:24 PM > Subject: [AI] NEW EXCITING DEVELOPMENT IN SCREEN READING SOFTWARE > > > > Dear Access-Indians > > > > I would like to share a very exciting development in the area of > > Screen Reading software. As you all know that NVDA is an open source > > screen reading software that can be downloaded free of cost from > > nvaccess.org web site. > > Its > > latest version is 2013-2 released just few days ago. There are some > > good developments related to NVDA here in India. > > > > First; A development team is now working right here in India > > contributing new features and improving the screen reading software. > > The team is lead by one of our brightest software developer who > > himself is a screen reading software user. He is Mr. Manish Agrawal. > > Manish works full time with Sapient Technologies at very senior > > knowledge resource and he now gives 40% of his time specifically to > > the NVDA project. He is supported by one more dedicated developer and > > also very experienced screen reading software tester. > > > > IIT Delhi is also putting a team together to work under Manish to > > contribute in development of NVDA. > > > > All these efforts are under a joint project being implemented by CIS > > and Saksham and supported by enable-India. Thanks to Hans Foundation > > to provide financial support to run this project. > > > > Specific objective of getting a team here in India is to work on > > priorities set by users in India. The team started its work by > > concentrating on improving performance of NVDA in Microsoft office > > applications. Some of the remarkable improvements that Indian team > > contributed to NVDA include: > > > > Added sentence reading command > > Improved paragraph reading command performance specially with bullets > > and auto numbering Reading of protected documents in MS word > > Announcement of suggestions in microsoft outlook in to or cc fields > > Improvements of speech output in spell check dialogue box Reading of > > status bar im all office 2010 applications Etc... > > This list is growing fast and we can all appreciate that how important > > these features are for us. > > > > More important is that we now have developers who are very willing to > > listen to us and work on what we think are most important features for > > us in our jobs or educational environments. For example, One major > > reason due to which I myself was not able to switch to NVDA was that > > it did not announce auto complete suggestions of mail IDs in Microsoft > > outlook. Global team had this a very low priority because they always > > suggested to use thunderbird instead of MS Outlook. I could not make > > that shift due to my company policy and responsibilities. Indian > > development team fixed this issue and for past few months I am working > > very happily full time with NVDA as my full time screen reading > > software. What this team now wants is that the priorities of bug fixes > > or new feature requests should be set by the users themselves. So, > > here comes the opportunity to make a screen reading software work > > where we find that it is not working. If you would like to report an > > problem that you are facing use of NVDA or you feel NVDA is not > > providing information that you need, please report it to: > > sumandog...@gmail.com > > > > Normally there are three releases of NVDA every year. How-ever, if you > > would like to try out builds of version that NVDA development team in > > India is releasing, write to Suman with this intension on the e-mail > > provided above. > > These releases are issued after every bug fix. These are not ensured > > for stability and thus only those who would like to test out the new > > features and provide feedback should get into this mode of using NVDA. > > > > Last but not the least, We are getting very close of provide licenses > > of Eloquence to work with NVDA along with the license of Sangita and > > Vocaliser voices. Saksham will be providing these licenses in a few > > weeks to come after testing stability of whole new licensing system. > > > > I will also be writing soon about what is being done to add all Indian > > languages in E-speak TTS. So, keep watch in this area as lot of > > exciting developments are happening here. > > > > Wishing everyone all the best and a happy teacher's day. > > > > Dipendra Manocha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing > > accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc > > essindia.org.in > > > > > > Search for old postings at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > > .in > > > > > > Disclaimer: > > 1. 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