- Author: Bora FIRLANGEÇ borafirlangec@gmail.com
- Supported NVDA version: NVDA 2024.1 and later.
This add-on is developed to download the YouTube video or playlist you copied to the clipboard. You can use the NVDA+Shift+y key to start downloading the video or playlist using the link in your clipboard, or you can customize it in Input Gestures. The downloading process is detailed below:
If there is a video link in your clipboard, you will first be greeted with a dialog box where you can choose the folder to save the video. Then you will be directed to a dialog where you can choose the quality. Once you make your selection, your video will start downloading, and the progress will be automatically narrated. If you want to hear the progress, you can press the NVDA+< shortcut key defined during the download. This shortcut key will be removed once the download is complete.
If there is a playlist link in your clipboard, you will first be greeted with a dialog box where you can choose the folder to save the playlist. Then you will be directed to a dialog where you can choose the quality. Once you make your selection, the videos in the playlist will start downloading to a subfolder named after the playlist inside the chosen folder, and the progress will be automatically narrated. If you want to hear the progress, you can press the NVDA+< shortcut key defined during the download. This shortcut key will be removed once the download is complete.