Release by NVDA Japanese Team (nvdajp), based on NVDA from nvda-project.org. NVDA 2012.3.1jp is based on NV Access's releases/2012.3 branch. Revision 5681 is merged. This includes most of modifications which are made after the release of NVDA 2012.3.
This release contains enhancements for Japanese language users.
Some functions are under development. Please use at your own risk.
For spelling reading, NVDAJP uses built-in character dictionary. 'Spelling functionarity setting' is not used.
JTalk driver is the default synthesizer of NVDAJP, which supports Japanese language.
JTalk2 experimental driver:
Character description mode can be changed for caret moves by left arrow or right arrow key and character review commands. Pressing "Report current character in review" (numpad2 or NVDA+comma) twice can enable or disable the description mode.
| Name | Desktop key | Laptop key | Touch | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move to previous character in review | numpad1 | NVDA+m | flick left (text mode) | Moves the review cursor to the previous character on the current line in the text. If description mode is enabled, the character is described. |
| Report current character in review | numpad2 | NVDA+comma | none | Announces the current character on the line of text where the review cursor is positioned. If description mode is enabled, the character is described. Pressing twice toggles the description mode. Pressing three times reports the numeric value of the character in decimal and hexadecimal. |
| Move to next character in review | numpad3 | NVDA+dot | flick right (text mode) | Move the review cursor to the next character on the current line of text. If description mode is enabled, the character is described. |
Language settings dialog contains settings for Japanese keyboard, character description, and input composition.
If checked, NonConvert key can be used as NVDA modifier key. Default is on.
If checked, Convert key can be used as NVDA modifier key. Default is off.
If checked, the press of Half-shape/Full-shape key is announced only with beep. Default is off.
If checked, Hiragana and Katakana characters are reported using phonetic reading for character review (when description mode is enabled). Default is off.
If checked, Latin characters are reported using phonetic reading for character review (when description mode is enabled). Default is off.
If checked, Katakana characters are reported followed by 'Katakana' for character review. Default is off.
For candidates of Japanese input methods, 'Katakana' or 'Hiragana' is always reported.
The amount that the pitch of the voice will change when speaking a Katakana letter for character review. Default is -20.
For candidates of Japanese input methods, pitch change is not available.
If checked, half shape characters are reported followed by 'half-shape' for character review. Default is off.
For candidates of Japanese input methods, 'half-shape' is always reported.
The amount that the pitch of the voice will change when speaking a half-shape letter for character review. Default is 20.
For candidates of Japanese input methods, pitch change is not available.
The default of 'Use IME support of nvdajp' is on.
To disable, turn off the option and restart NVDAJP.
Input methods enhancements of NVDA 2012.3 is disabled by default. To enable, create or set the value as follows to 1 with Registory Editor (regedit).
NVDAJP can modify character descriptions and spelling readings by users. A dictionary file can be created in the user config directory.
User config directory (Windows XP):
C:\Documents and Settings\(User Name)\Application Data\nvda
(Windows Vista, 7, 8):
C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Roaming\nvda
The dictionary file name should be characters-ja.dic. ('ja' is the locale identifier.)
The file should be plain text with UTF-8 encoding. The lines should be tab-separated values.
field 1: character field 2: Unicode hexadicimal character code field 3: spelling reading quoted with [ and ] field 4 (or later): field 2 or later items of charactersDescriptions.dic
If the line starts with '#', it is ignored. If the line starts with '\#', the character is '#' itself.
Details (in Japanese) NVDAJP ticket 29872
For obsolated enhancement, see NVDAJP ticket 26926
Japanese braille translation is an experimental work.
We use launchpad.net as bazaar source-code repository.