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v0.7.6 - drop the in-addon self-updater

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@Ednunp Ednunp released this 14 May 21:53
v0.7.6
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What's new

The in-addon self-updater has been removed. It existed for a window where the addon wasn't yet in NVDA's Add-on Store, so users had to grab it from GitHub directly and the self-updater was the only way to deliver subsequent versions automatically. Now that the addon is going through the Store, that path is redundant — the Store has its own update mechanism, and we don't need to duplicate it.

What this means in practice:

  • The "Check for updates daily" and "Check for updates now" controls are gone from the settings panel.
  • The addon no longer contacts api.github.com from inside NVDA.
  • Updates will be delivered via NVDA → Tools → Add-on Store once new versions are reviewed and merged.

Nothing else has changed: the mute, the hotkey, the ping-pong attribution and the consent flow all behave as in 0.7.5.

Install

  1. Download remoteSpeechControl-0.7.6.nvda-addon from the assets below.
  2. NVDA menu → Tools → Add-on Store → Install from external file.
  3. Restart NVDA when prompted.

Install on both the controlling and controlled machines.

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