FW: Updates to EdSharp
- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:38:29 -0500
Hi,
Do we have a DAISY expert here?
Thanks.
Jim
Hi Jim,
I assume that Daisy books from BookShare validate against the Daisy XML
schema, but I do not know what their quality is beyond that. Perhaps
Lloyd Rasmussen on this list (a Daisy expert) may have more information.
I'm also curious about the same questions for Daisy books from RFB&D
and NLS.
Jamal
On 1/7/2011 8:04 AM, Homme, James wrote:
> Hi Jamal,
> Thanks. I hadn't gotten that far in my testing.
>
> Question for you. As I am planning for my Python MarkDown program, I thought
> of something. Maybe it would be a good idea to make it produce DAISY files. I
> was looking at some files from BookShare. Do you know if they are standard
> DAISY or not?
>
> Jim
> Jim Homme,
> Usability Services,
> Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamal Mazrui [mailto:empower@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:00 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Homme, James
> Subject: Re: Updates to EdSharp
>
> Thanks, Jim. To further clarify, a recent file does not have to be
> saved to disk (with Control+S), but it does have to be added again to
> the recent files list by at least opening it and closing it (with
> Control+F4). The previous position is saved when the file is closed.
>
> Jamal
>
>
> On 1/7/2011 7:12 AM, Homme, James wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I noticed that the new feature that tells you how far you are into a file
>> and puts the cursor there won't work on files in the recent files list until
>> you save them. So if you have files on the recent files list and bring them
>> in, don't be alarmed if it doesn't work at first. EdSharp needs to add that
>> information to the ini file, and it isn't there until you start saving
>> files. I don't think this is a bug. Besides that, I really like the feature,
>> because now we are not forced to bookmark a file and put it in the favorites
>> unless we really want to.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Jim Homme,
>> Usability Services,
>> Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme
>> Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility
>> here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Stefik
>> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 4:01 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Updates to EdSharp
>>
>> Congrats, Jamal!
>>
>> Stefik
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jamal Mazrui<empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I meant to mention that if you discover any significant differences in how
>>> EdSharp runs with different versions of .NET, please let me know.
>>>
>>> Jamal
>>> On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:08:38 -0500 (EST)
>>>> From: Jamal Mazrui<empower@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, JAWSScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Updates to EdSharp
>>>>
>>>> Based on recent bug reports and feature suggestions, I have made some
>>>> updates to EdSharp and its JAWS scripts to fine tune speech. You can
>>>> download it from
>>>>
>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>>>>
>>>> or press F11 to Elevate from within the program. Remember to mark the
>>>> checkbox at the end of the installation process if you want the JAWS
>>>> scripts
>>>> to be installed as well.
>>>>
>>>> Sina Bahram helped me to reproduce a problem of some window titles not
>>>> being automatically read by JAWS. As Jim Homme discovered, and I
>>>> confirmed,
>>>> this problem is a general problem of JAWS with .NET applications. Based on
>>>> suggestions by Tyler Littlefield and others, I have added event handling
>>>> code to the JAWS scripts to minimize this problem, both within EdSharp and
>>>> when Alt+Tabbing to it from another application.
>>>>
>>>> Tyler also gave me an idea of how the load time for EdSharp could be sped
>>>> up for invocations of the program beyond the first one. For example, when
>>>> opening files in Windows Explorer, the time to open files when EdSharp is
>>>> already open should be less than before.
>>>>
>>>> Based on a suggestion by Ishe Chinyoka, EdSharp now remembers the last
>>>> position in a file if it is on the list of Recent files (Alt+R lets you
>>>> choose one). The default number of recent files is 30, though this may be
>>>> changed in the Configuration dialog (Alt+Shift+C). EdSharp tracks
>>>> different
>>>> lists of recent and favorite files for each compiler (Control+Shift+F5
>>>> picks
>>>> a compiler).
>>>>
>>>> If a previous location in a recent file is found, EdSharp goes to it when
>>>> the file is opened and announces the percentage point in the file (the same
>>>> percentage that is spoken after the line and column position with the
>>>> Address command, Alt+A). If you add one or more bookmarks to a file, they
>>>> will take precedence over the previous location feature (EdSharp
>>>> automatically goes to the first bookmark when the file is opened).
>>>>
>>>> If any of you experience an EdSharp problem with no easy work-around, one
>>>> thing to try is running EdSharp wwith a different version of the .NET
>>>> Framework. You can do this by editing the EdSharp.exe.config file in the
>>>> EdSharp program folder, by default located at
>>>>
>>>> C:\Program Files\EdSharp\EdSharp.exe.config
>>>>
>>>> Here is the content of that XML file:
>>>>
>>>> <configuration>
>>>> <startup>
>>>> <supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319"/>
>>>> <supportedRuntime version="v3.5"/>
>>>> <supportedRuntime version="v3.0"/>
>>>> <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
>>>> </startup>
>>>> </configuration>
>>>>
>>>> By default, EdSharp tries to use the latest, version 4 of .NET, which is
>>>> not installed automatically. One way of installing it is via the GotNET
>>>> utility, available at
>>>>
>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/netsetup.exe
>>>>
>>>> The .NET versions are tried in the order they appear in the file. So to
>>>> try version 2 instead, move the following line above the .NET 4 line:
>>>>
>>>> <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
>>>>
>>>> As usual, feedback, suggestions, and code contributions are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jamal
>>>>
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