josephsl/goldencursor

Golden Cursor NvDA add-on

About me

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, I am a graduate student at University of Colorado Boulder, speech and debate coach, volunteer software engineer, and an accessibility advocate. My interests are operating systems, Python, assistive technologies, screen readers, software source code as rhetoric, and organizational communication.

What I do

• Nonvisual Desktop Access: I have been a part of this screen reader project since 2012, starting out as a translator then moving onto publishing add-ons and pull requests. Some of the highlights of my work include wxPython Phoenix (version 4) research, Python 2 to 3 transition, ongoing work on Windows 10 and 11 support, and launching NVDA Users and Developers Conference (NVDACon) in 2014.
• College teaching: currently I serve as a teaching assistant for an introductory communication studies course at CU Boulder. Prior to this, I coached competitive speech and debate to college students.
• Windows Insider: I have been part of Windows Insider Program since 2014 and have been testing preview releases of Windows operating systems, with an emphasis on providing feedback that centers accessibility of various features for people with disabilities.

Keep in touch

You can contact me via email, LinkedIn, GitHub, and social media channels such as Twitter/X.

goldencursor's Issues

Positions database: migrate to a proper dictionary format via ConfigObj

Hi,

Currently, .gc (position listings) files are stored as plain text files. at first glance, this is a good approach as the add-on comes with positions parser. However, in the long run, this format isn't viable.

Thus it is proposed that the positions database be moved to a more dictionary-like interface, preferably via ConfigObj. This means:

• Familiar key/value pairs structure for each file.
• If possible, no more string conversions.
• Familiar ini syntax.
• No more cursor parsers required, as the dictionary will take care of this.

Costs:

• Backward compatibility: due to change from text files to a dictionary, backward compatibility is not guaranteed. One way to fix this is to provide a new folder just for 2.0 config and a migration routine. Note that this is still a one-way migration.

Thanks.

Saving positions: file not found error when files folder does not exist

Hi,

When trying to save positions, NVDA says, "file not found".

STR:

1. Try saving a position (NvDA+Shift=L) for an app.
2. Type position coordinates and press Enter.

Expected: NVDA saves positions.
Actual:

ERROR - unhandled exception (08:31:09.701):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "wx_misc.pyc", line 1367, in Notify
File "wx_core.pyc", line 16869, in Notify
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\nvda\addons\goldenCursor\globalPlugins\goldenCursor.py", line 201, in saving
File "codecs.pyc", line 896, in open
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: path

Cause: the add-on assumes a folder named "files" already exists.
Solution: catch this case and create a new directory.

Thanks.

There is a string that cannot be translated in GC5.0

On line 348, it can be translated if it is changed to the following:
gui.mainFrame, _("Enter the name for the current mouse position (x: {x}, Y: {y})").format(x=x, y=y),

Remove win32api dependency

Hi,

As NVDA Core does not use win32api, it is fitting that this add-on remove this dependency. With this gone, NVDA Core can officially remove its own dependence on win32api.

Thanks.