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@aaron-gh aaron-gh released this 07 Oct 22:16
v0.5.0
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Speech and audio

  • Speech bridge: Device, Turn On Speech Bridge sends the device's screen reader speech to the host's text-to-speech instead of as audio. Continuous reading works; earcons stay in device audio.
    • Mac: AVSpeechSynthesizer, with VoiceOver's voice and rate when VoiceOver runs, otherwise Spoken Content's.
    • Windows: NVDA 2024.1 or later, otherwise SAPI 5.
    • AAE Remote: the phone's text-to-speech, with engine and rate in Bridge Text-to-Speech Settings.
    • aae speech-bridge <device> on|off|listen.
  • Microphone: Turn On Microphone sends the host microphone into the device while an app on it records. Check Microphone injects a test tone and reports whether it was recorded. Play Audio File into Microphone plays WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis or M4A from the start of the next recording. AAE Remote sends the phone's microphone. aae mic.
  • Audio output per device: Device, Audio Output (Windows), Audio output in the main window (Mac), aae audio-output.
  • Turning the speech log on or off no longer restarts the screen reader.
  • Mac announcements use the Spoken Content voice and rate when VoiceOver is off.

Device conditions

  • Display and Language: language (including pseudo-locales en-XA and ar-XB), font size, display size, dark theme, bold text, high contrast text, colour inversion, colour correction, animations, captions, touch and hold delay. Use These Settings for New Devices. aae settings.
  • Network: airplane mode, Wi-Fi, mobile data, and speed from full to GPRS. aae network.
  • Battery health, fingerprint touches (fingers 1 to 10) and shake. aae battery --health, aae fingerprint, aae shake.
  • GPX routes: Play GPX Route moves the location along a track, route or waypoints. aae route.
  • Power, Assistant and volume buttons in the Device menu.

Devices

  • Hardware: memory, cores, storage, screen size and density for stopped devices. aae hardware.
  • Export and import: a device with its apps, data, settings and snapshots as one .aaedevice file. aae export, aae import.
  • Return-to-host shortcut: Settings offers Control-Shift-Command-Escape or Control-Option-Command-Escape (Mac), Control-Shift-Windows-Escape or Control-Alt-Windows-Escape (Windows).
  • The apps reconnect to a device restarted by another AAE process, such as aae.

Testing tools

  • Record Screen: screen and audio to WebM, up to three minutes. aae record.
  • Accessibility Inspector: Follow the screen refreshes when the screen changes; Save as HTML. aae inspect --follow, --html.
  • MCP tools: device_settings, network, touch_fingerprint, shake, play_route, stop_route, play_into_microphone, start_recording, stop_recording.

Other

  • Unpairing a phone takes effect immediately.
  • Shorter, plainer text throughout the apps and aae help.

Installing

  • Mac: AAE-0.5.0.dmg, or Check for Updates in the AAE menu. First open: System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway.
  • Windows: AAE-0.5.0-windows-x64-setup.exe, or Help, Check for Updates. SmartScreen: More info, Run anyway.
  • Android: AAE-Remote-0.5.0.apk, or Check for Updates in AAE Remote. Play Protect: More details, Install anyway.
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