Hibiki v0.8.1 - First Official Release

Hibiki v0.8.1 - First Official Release

🎉 We're thrilled to announce the first official release of Hibiki. This release marks a significant milestone with major improvements to audio feedback and stability.

What's New

Highlights

• 🎉 First official release of Hibiki - A spatial 3D audio feedback system for UI navigation
• 🐛 Fixed phantom sound bug - Refactored speech hook architecture to prevent sounds playing on unrelated speech events
• ⌨️ Added browse mode support - Arrow key navigation now includes 3D positional audio feedback
• 🎯 Improved audio-speech synchronization - Better alignment between spatial sounds and spoken labels

Bug Fixes

• Fixed phantom sounds playing on unrelated speech events (#getPropertiesSpeech hook refactoring)
• Fixed browse mode sound delays during arrow key navigation
• Fixed getPropertiesSpeech hook implementation to use internal functions correctly
• Improved speech hook architecture for better event isolation

Technical Changes

• Refactored speech hook system for improved reliability
• Enhanced internal function hooking mechanism
• Improved event handler isolation to prevent audio interference

Installation

1. Download Hibiki-0.8.1.nvda-addon from this release
2. Open the file with NVDA
3. Accept the installation prompt
4. NVDA will restart automatically

Usage

• Toggle Hibiki: NVDA+Shift+S
• Navigation: Arrow keys, Tab, or NVDA+Numpad keys provide spatial audio feedback
• Browse Mode: Use arrow keys in browse mode for directional audio cues
• Customization: Access settings through NVDA → Preferences → Settings → Hibiki

Known Issues

None reported. Please file issues on GitHub if you encounter any problems.