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Worth mentioning that Eloquence 64 is really responsive at this stage (much more than its JAWS counterpart) even without these new enhancements. But any responsiveness improvement in this area is hugely welcome.
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There's a new V17 release of Eloquence for NVDA 64-bit available with improved 44.1 kHZ upsampling. It removes more hissing.
https://github.com/hozosch/eloquence_64/releases/tag/v17%2Bupsampling%2Bmultilangdicts
Courtesy of @leonardder@mastodon.social NVDA is becoming capable of Converting ui.browseableMessage to wx.html2.WebView, like JAWS. That would also be a boon to many add-ons, mine included.
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/pull/20251
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Paperback development:
fix magic tap, voice selection, and settings section headers on iOS.
So after Android, Paperback will be available on iOS! Time to kiss goodbye to Voice Dream Reader and the rest!
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Bookworm, the Python ebook reader, finally gets a long overdue update. V2026.1 of Bookworm is here with lots of bug fixes:
https://github.com/blindpandas/bookworm/releases/tag/2026.1
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@clv1@mementomori.social Oh goodness! You are right. Since letters like R and B are used to trigger functions, first-letter navigation is totally broken. I also think this should be fixed.
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Eloquence 64-bit for NVDA, version 17.2, is now available. This release removes additional artifacts by applying a notch filter around the 9 kHz region. These artifacts were quite subtle and not always noticeable, but they could still be heard upon careful listening.
The update also slightly boosts the mid frequencies, making them more prominent.
Direct download link:
https://github.com/hozosch/eloquence_64/releases/download/v17.2/Eloquence-v17.2.nvda-addon
Update: the latest Eloquence 64-bit V16.1 preview release for NVDA now offers a slider for 44 kHZ. It can further modify the treble for those who want to fine-tune the upsampling. The default value is 50.
https://github.com/hozosch/eloquence_64/releases/tag/upsampling_preview
I've been silent lately because of the things happening around. So as casual as it may sound, I'm getting ready for the second round of the U.S. vs Iran war.
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@TomGrant91@tweesecake.social Interesting. I like it at 50. BTW the official Eloquence V17, released yesterday, doesn't have 44 kHZ and the treble slider. It will be released with V17.1.
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me Great! Try the 44 kHZ mode, and I guess you'll like its clarity.
@mew@fwoof.space Speaking of FastSMRW, any auto-complete user option like what ALT+A does in FastSM? With FastSMRW, ALT+A does nothing.
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@davetaylor2112@someplace.social If you mean BlindRSS, yes. It offers loads of new features and fixes which were added over the past couple of weeks.
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@mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca Yeah, miles ahead of the 22 kHZ mode in IBMTTS/ ViaVoice and without the clicks, and better than the previous 44 kHZ preview.
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@mew@fwoof.space If you don't take it as messing around with priorities, why don't you use conventional Control+letters for common tasks? That way, single-letter navigation can be restored.
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Folks, I'm looking for an accessible FTP client for Windows. FileZilla wants to install the Opera browser, and the bundle can't be excluded. So I don't want to go with that. Any recommendations?
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me Try uninstalling your Eloquence add-on, restarting NVDA, and reinstalling the newer one.
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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com And it works flawlessly. It seems to be location-agnostic now.
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@bmoore123@tweesecake.social Yeah I was also surprised. And the author wants to add another slider for more fine-tuning.
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@Dennislong82@tweesecake.social But I don't notice the hiss with Eloquence 64-bit at all, even with headphones. And yes, I do have the hiss on the iPhone. Perhaps it is speaker/ CPU-specific.
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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com Yep - development requires a week-long quasi-holiday sometimes.
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@TomGrant91@tweesecake.social Very true. I use 80 for volume.
@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me @munchkinbear@mastodon.stickbear.me
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@jscholes@dragonscave.space You can say that again! It's so useless that even most VO-compatible apps haven't utilized it.
@FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me Ah, it sure does. They can't be enabled at the same time.
Folks, we are moving our online radio setup to Icecast and I am looking for recommendations. I previously used RadioBOSS, which handled both live broadcasting and scheduling. Now I need accessible alternatives that work well with Icecast. Any screen reader friendly Windows software for live streaming, playlist management, and scheduling? Accessibility is very important to me, so real world experience would be appreciated. Of course, I'd rather not pay an arm and a leg for that app or set-up. Thanks.
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@TomGrant91@tweesecake.social @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca @munchkinbear@mastodon.stickbear.me Well, a V17, potentially V17.1, release with a new 44 kHZ approach is under development. It's being tested in the form of a preview, and you can find it here:
https://github.com/hozosch/eloquence_64/releases/tag/v17+upsampling
To comment on that or check other comments, check here:
https://github.com/fastfinge/eloquence_64/issues/88#issuecomment-4129613012
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@mewproj@fwoof.space He says that user auto-complete doesn't work, or is not supported, in FastSMRW unlike FastSM. Now I no longer have FastSMRW and it may very well be supported. But the last time I checked it didn't work.
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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com Of course, this hasn't been released as it's a PR at this stage.
The upcoming V2026.06 release of Eloquence/ IBMTTS Community Dictionaries will, for the first time, provide German fixes by a native speaker, as well as hundreds of new US English entries. But they have been optimized for Eloquence not IBMTTS. IBMTTS has issues detecting some of the German corrections. If you update dictionaries inside the Eloquence 64-bit add-on, you can get them now.
https://github.com/eigencrow/IBMTTSDictionaries
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@mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca @TomGrant91@tweesecake.social @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me @munchkinbear@mastodon.stickbear.me Yes. It's because a new V17 Eloquence 64-bit is being released with 44 kHZ on a different page.
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@mew@fwoof.space Sorry but I prefer first-letter navigation as in any list. The Find function should be reserved for relatively rare cases.
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Courtesy of @nick@hkc.social the new Eloquence64RS Synth also has a 22 kHZ mode now. This beta introduces the optional Enhanced 22 kHz audio mode. The new mode is
an original Rust DSP implementation with speech-presence shaping, stateful
polyphase interpolation, and suppression of mirrored high-frequency energy. Try it and provide feedback as it's different from the non-Rust 22 kHZ variant. Just make sure to remove IBMTTS and other Eloquence releases before installing this one.
https://github.com/Nick6489/Eloquence64RS/releases/download/v19.1-RS-beta1.1/Eloquence-v19.1-RS-beta1.1.nvda-addon
New book released today, also available as an audiobook.
Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America. By Andrew Weissmann.
https://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kingdom-Trumps-Deceit-America/dp/0316601306
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me They have a long history of not liking one another - haha! I'm not using IBMTTS anyway as it has issues with one of my add-ons, and the 44 kHZ in Eloquence sounds far superior.
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@davetaylor2112@someplace.social Please check the Github repo for what you're looking for.
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@TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space @Aryan@dragonscave.space More recent Paperback dev releases apparently support Android, and that's a good thing! However, a few people have asked me how they can be installed on Android phones at this moment. It seems that new dev builds don't offer APK installers. Any thoughts?
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@Aryan@dragonscave.space @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me But Eloq 64 now has the very same pauses as IBMTTS. IBMTTS has 3, and Eloq 64 has the very same 3 pause-related settings.
Recent additions to Eloquence Community Dictionary: tokenmaxxing and valuemaxxing.
I've made updates to my NVDA add-ons - Links Management in particular. But I can't post them because of ongoing internet issues.
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Just finished trying QuickMail, but removed it after a few minutes. It persistently fails to display messages in some, but not all, of my Gmail subfolders. More importantly, unlike Thunderbird, it doesn't fetch my messages automatically. There are 1, 2, and 5 minute options, as well as an "Off" and "let server fetch" option, but none of them makes it feel as instantaneous as Thunderbird. Also, when a folder has focus, tabbing through the folders doesn't automatically display its messages unless I've pressed Enter on that folder first. I wanted to ditch Thunderbird, but I guess it's staying, at least for now.
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca @TomGrant91@tweesecake.social @munchkinbear@mastodon.stickbear.me Sure thing! I'll post about it once it's tested and released.
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me I don't have any of that popping to be honest, but I had lots of pops with IBMTTS's 22 kHZ mode. Even the word regedit, when read alone, could generate a pop there.