[nvda-addons] Re: New Add-on (Audio Themes Version 5.0-beta)

  • From: derek riemer <driemer.riemer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:28:14 -0600

Hi,

This is using an old version of the addontemplate in that case (Please update the addon tempate to the one found in bitbucket.com/nvdaaddonteam/addontemplate).


On 7/14/2016 11:07 AM, Joseph Lee wrote:


Hi,

Basic code review results:

·License and copyright: pass (making sure we don’t run into issues with sounds and licenses).

·Security: pass, although may wish to allow the add-on to detect it’s running in secure screens (depends).

·User experience: pass (installed fine after modifying sconstruct, see below comment).

Comments:

·For name of the default theme, I think it would be good if it was left blank.

·Configuration: I think it’d be handy to use config.conf facility (perhaps for 6.0).

·Themes list: I think it would be helpful to let users know the selected one is the active theme (similar to how profiles list works).

·Building the add-on: sconstruct says it imports configobj but it isn’t used anywhere. This means people building the add-on should comment out “import configobj” line.

·Hope this add-on can take audio ducking into account.

·Additional comments are welcome (especially from speech synth and audio experts).

I must say this is one of the most reader-friendly add-ons I came across – helpful source code comments, easy to follow source code and so on. I recommend a green light for this add-on once sconstruct is fixed.

Cheers,

Joseph

*From:*nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Musharraf Omer
*Sent:* Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:27 AM
*To:* nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [nvda-addons] New Add-on (Audio Themes Version 5.0-beta)

    Hello All,

    I just published a new version of the Audio Themes add-on. The
    repo is in github at:
    https://github.com/mush42/Audio-Themes-NVDA-Add-on

    The highlights of this release are:
    - More organized, clean, and idiomatic code.
    - The add-on was rewritten from the scratch to enhance its
    performance, and generally to make things more easier.
    - Added several new options in the Themes Manager dialogue including:
      - The ability to run the add-on in 3D mode or Mono Mode.
      - The ability to  make NVDA ignore object role when announcing focus
      - The ability to control the volume of the add-on, either by
    setting the volume directly, or set it to follow the synthesizer
    volume.
    - Audio themes now shows information about their authors, and
    authors can write a brief summary to describe their audio themes.
    Those information will be shown in the themes manager dialogue.
    - Easier way to edit the current audio theme.
    - Fewer steps and streamlined  process to create a new audio theme.
    - The add-on can be considered a wrapper   over the Unspoken
    add-on which is being developed by Austin Hicks and Bryan Smart.
    The majority of my development went into the dialogues and
    audioThemeHandler modules.

    For developer information see the file 'readme-developers.md' in
    the repo.

    So I kindly ask code reviewers and beta testers to review the code
    and test the add-on, to be ready for possible inclusion into the
    community add-ons site.

    Kind Regards,
    Musharraf Omer


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