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Add the ability to automatically pan Braille displays #11396

Open slannon97 opened 4 years ago

slannon97 commented 4 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

no

Describe the solution you'd like

NVDA should provide the ability to automatically pan the Braille display after a certain interval of time specified by the user. The initial time period should be customizable in the Braille dialog, and commands on the Braille display could be used to start and/or stop the automatic panning mode. Other commands should exist that increase or decrease the automatic pan interval by 1 second. These could be customized in the Input Gestures dialog.

Describe alternatives you've considered

The BrailleExtender add-on can add this feature, but this should be built directly into NVDA.

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Afik-souffir998 commented 4 years ago

It will be nice

josephsl commented 4 years ago

CC @andre9642, any thoughts?

zstanecic commented 4 years ago

I recall that Braille extender has this feature. It’s called auto scrolling. It does exactly what Afik wants.

Afik-souffir998 commented 4 years ago

Its have to be in NVDA itself

AAClause commented 4 years ago

Indeed, this feature is available in Braille Extender since awhile. I think I could submit an implementation in NVDA Core without too much effort. Are there other interested people who want this feature? Personally I use this feature to read long texts (without speech).

josephsl commented 4 years ago

If so, I advise adding a command (if you haven’t done so) to start automatic braille panning (I can do something about adding BrailleNote specific gestures).