Dear SPL users using NVDA, I'm delighted to announce the release of official build of StationPlaylist add-on 4.0. This release packs a number of useful new features, bug fixes and provisions for future improvements. Highlights of this release include background monitoring of library scans and settings to control scan announcement output, an unassigned command to announce time including seconds (localized too), new SPL Assistant and Controller layer commands, microphone alarms, Track Tool support and changes and bug fixes. The add-on can be downloaded from the following link: http://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/StationPlaylist.en.html Important warning: Add-on 4.0 and later drops support for Studio 4.33. For those using Studio 4.33, a separate 3.x compatibility release (currently 3.6) is available at: http://www.nvda-kr.org/files/stationPlaylist-3.6.nvda-addon If it opens as a zip file, rename the file extension to .nvda-addon. I plan to support Studio 4.33 (via add-on 3.x) until add-on 5.0 is released (tentatively this summer). I'd like to take this time to say thanks to so many users for sending me feedback and bug reports which made add-on 4.0 what it is today. When I released version 1.0 about a year ago, I didn't expect this add-on to be this popular and useful for broadcasters using NVDA. Back then, I promised to add-on users that my add-ons will be free and anyone is welcome to study the code, and I promise once again that StationPlaylist add-on for NVDA will always be free as it has been for the past year. Before I go, here's a sneak preview of what's coming in future add-on versions: * Track dial: wanted to use arrow keys to look at track properties such as title, intro time and so on? I'm delighted to announce that this feature will make its appearance soon. * Background encoder status monitor: for those using SAM encoder, a feature is under way to let you monitor the status of an encoder from any program so NVDA can tell you various status changes. * A major bug fix release: Add-on 5.0, the next major version is under development. One of the goals of this version is to hunt bugs throughout the development cycle - bugs we know already, bug that we may not know and so on. Thus I'd like to ask that you file any bug you find with the add-on for me and others to tackle. Thanks. Hope you enjoy the new add-on release. Cheers, Joseph P.S. For Studio 5.10 users, I'd like to ask that you wait until 4.1 release.
