• Fix Device detection
• Fix gstreamer driver (not experimental now anymore)
• add russian translation
• improve dependency checker
• improve clipboard handling
• VCSA backend support real unicode
• improve performance of pty backends
• a looot of bugfixes and improvements

!!!! ATTENTION !!!! the speech-dispatcher driver was reworked. the language and voice was swapped. this needs some reconfiguration in your settings.conf what you have as speech language= needs now to be set to voice= !!!! ATTENTION !!!!

1. vMenu

• it allows to define macros in an menu like structure
• allows us to create a settings menu

2. first letter navigation in vMenu
3. quit command for remote manager for exiting fenrir
4. "vmenu" command for remote manager for lock an vmenu
5. "resetvmenu" command for remote manager for release complete vmenu
6. NVDA compatible keyboard layouts
7. fixes to speech-dispatcher driver
8. quickMenu Countless Bugfixes and Cleanups

Bugfix release

Fix an syntax error

• fix hight CPU load in VCSA pressing mute key
• add remote manager
• remote manager: TCP connection
• remote manager: UNIX Socket connection(default)
• remote manager: set settings set a setting (-o syntax) "setting set sound#enabled=False"
• remote manager: reset settings "setting reset"
• remote manager: save settings "setting save /path/settings.conf"
• remote Manager: say command (say something) "command say this is a test"
• remote manager: interrupt command (interrupt current speech) "command interrupt"
• remote manager: window command (to define window) "command window startX startY endX endY"
• remote manager: resetwindow command (to reset window) "command resetwindow"
• settings: store settings more centralized
• variouse speedups and bugfixes

changelog:

• import clipboard from x (xclip)
• barrier mode (respect pseudo cli window borders like used in dialog or pdmenu)
• toggle for barrier mode
• soundicon for barrier mode when enter and leave the barrier detection
• imporove accuracy of speak history (arrow up/ down in bash)
• higher accuracy for hilight tracking
• soundicon for attribute
• overall improved attribute code
• variouse speedups and bugfixes

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fenrir 1.9!

You can download it from the github page.

What is it?

Fenrir is a console screen reader written in python3. It is in user space, so does not have to be compiled into the kernel like other options such as acscynth or speakup. Features include speech and sound icon output with braille support coming soon. Copy and paste with clipboards with definable history, currently 10. Desktop, laptop, and PTY keyboard layouts that are easy to learn and use. Learn mode, spellcheck with definable dictionaries, and definable windows for applications.

Version 1.9 is recommended for use in production invironments, however, if you would like to help test and/or develop Fenrir, you may wish to install the latest version from git. Fenrir is released under the LGPL license, so it will remain open source and free, but you may use it for closed source work invironments. For more information, and to find out more about accessibility solutions for Linux, check out http://linux-a11y.org We are also available on irc at irc.netwirc.tk in room #a11y the manual is installed locally as a man page or available on Fenrir's home page

What's New

• performance enhancements (it runs quite nicely on the raspberry Pi)
• The ability to paste to the X clipboard (requires xclip)
• The generic speech driver is the default.
• Highlight tracking mode (work in progress)
• Sound alert if you remove or add a keyboard
• Copy last utterance to clipboard
• Improved Headline Seperator and Multiple Character Support
• Toggle automatic speaking of indentation level
• PTY Screen driver (to use xterm and other terminal emulators)

fix comment in install.sh

offical 1.5.0 release