/NVDAExtensionGlobalPlugin

NVDA add-on

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

NVDA global commands extension

Traductor (s): automatic translation from french language

The add-on adds to NVDA:

The features

some features can be enabled or disabled individually.

  • Display of the list of icons in the notification area ,

  • Display of the windows list of running applications,

  • Help in the composition of a symbol that is complex such as, for example, a a e related, a symbol power of 2 and possibility to add its own categories and symbols,

  • Extension of the functionality of the virtual buffer for browsers Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome:

    • new commands for navigation mode (paragraph, division, anchor, main landmark),
    • new types of elements for the dialog box opened by "NVDA+F7" (radio button, paragraph, frame, checkBox, etc) with the announcement of the number of items found,
    • commands for the tables:
      • announce the cells of a row /column , go to first/last cell in the row/current column, move the column/row preceding or following with announcement possible of the cells in that row/column,
      • announcement of the URL of the document,
      • navigate in loop,

  • Announcement of the function associated with editing commands style Copy, Paste, etc.,

  • Announcement of the name of the folder pre-selected in the dialog boxes like "Open","Save", "Save as",etc.,

  • display of information on the focused application:

    • the current profile configuration,
    • the name and version number of the application,
    • the add-on loaded for the application,

  • NVDA logs tools:

    • Opening the previous or current log,
    • copy of current Log path to the clipboard,

  • history of voice speechs,

  • renaming keyboard keys,

  • selective announcement of command keyboard keys ,

  • simple countdown timer,

  • display of visible elements making up the object in the foreground,

  • fast switching of voice profile,

  • remanence of the modifier keys,

  • shutdown, reboot or Hibernate the computer,

  • control the main or NVDA volume:

    • mute or unmute volume for the focused application,
    • establishment of the main Windows or NVDA volume at the start of the add-on,
    • modification of main volume or audio stream's volume of focused application.

  • Tools for development of add-on.

  • supplements regarding the date and time: copy date and time to clipboard, report time with seconds

The options

  • remove the announcement from the description of the objects in the Windows ribbons,
  • proclaim the word focused when deleting a word (for NVDA versions lower than 2020.3),
  • automatically maximize the foreground window,
  • announce punctuations and symbols when moving by word in a document.

The advanced options

  • report, with a sound, the registration of an error in the NVDA log also for the final versions and release candidate of NVDA,
  • Caption dialog title with the name of the addon,
  • Do not take account of the option called Report object descriptions during the display of the dialog box style confirmation,
  • use the numeric keypad's keys conventionally.

Various other elements

  • presentation formatting of the text in a dialog box,
  • sub-menus to explore the program folders or configuration,
  • script to quickly restart NVDA.