FireFinger

Check the pdf to get a more in-depth overview.

Instructions

• Login (no password needed)
• Select chapter
• Adjust settings
• Play

Custom dictations can be put into %appdata%/FireFinger/docs/subfolder/example.txt as simple txt-files.

Shortcuts

• Pause: Skip this char
• Ctrl + UP OR Ctrl + (+) : Zoom-in
• Ctrl + DOWN OR Ctrl + (-) : Zoom-out
• Ctrl + Shift + X: Jump to input
• Down : Repeat this letter
• Right: Repeat this word
• Esc Close FireFinger
• Accesskeys (https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_global_accesskey.asp)
  • H: Home
  • S: Settings
  • C: Chapters
  • U: User

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[Future plans]

• TBA

[1.1.1] Minor patch

• Fixes
  • Fixed some accessibility issues
  • Changed focus input shortcut because of clash with JAWS
    • Before: Ctrl + Shift + X
    • Now: Ctrl + Alt + X

[1.1.0] First major update

• Features
  • Integrated courses and custom courses are now separated. You'll find your own texts in "My texts"
  • Added font selector
  • Many improvements for people using braille displays
  • Added new and improved german course
  • Guideline can now be turned off
• Other
  • Upgrade to newest angular-electron and Angular 8
  • Fixes white background on bottom of pages
  • Many more fixes, ugliness cleanup and much more

[1.0.5] More accessibility features

• Features:
  • New colors schemes to support edge filter glasses (Kantenfilterbrillen)
  • Added accesskey support
  • Saving previous session - can continue where left off

[1.0.4] Visual changes

• Features
  • Improved about section
  • New logo
  • Improved chapter view descriptions

[1.0.3] Usability and user experience improvements

• Features:
  • Victory and failure sounds can now be toggled off in the settings
  • Settings page now displays a link to the FireFinger wiki page
  • Ctrl + Shift + X now focusses the 'typing' area
  • Improve accessibility when launching FireFinger
    • Input field will now automatically be focussed upon loading the main view (opening FireFinger, or switching from settings back to main view). This creates a box around the currently highlighted letter. This box can be toggled on/off in the settings. Default is hidden
    • Read out loud the currently displayed letter when launching FireFinger

[1.0.2] Accessibility, difficulty settings and minor improvements

• Features:
  • Difficulty can now be modified in the settings tab
  • Improved end of chapter screen
  • Improved accessiblity by implementing support for braille displays and keyboard navigation. Feature is not fully finished yet
• Fixes:
  • Upon first login the user will now be prompted for their login before the level selection appears
  • Many parts of the code have been refactored and/or cleaned up
  • [MacOS] Fixed bug that prevented courses from being imported upon first install

[1.0.1] MacOS app registered

• Features:
  • [MacOS] Registered the app with Apple to prevent security warnings upon install

[1.0.0] First major release

• Features:
  • Added Ctrl+Up/Down for zooming (useful for laptops)
  • Added reload chapters button to the chapter selection screen
  • The username will now be displayed on the login button, if someone is logged in
  • New icon featuring CDV logo
  • A predefined set of chapters will now be copied to the userdata folder upon first launch
  • The end of a text is now marked with a checkmark ✓
  • Added support for MacOS
  • Repolished the whole layout
  • Added info/contact box to settings
• Fixes:
  • Increased upper and lower zoom bounds
  • Fixed issue where footer and header would get distorted at very high/low zooms
  • Fixed certain special characters not being recognized (e.g. €, &, %, ...)
  • Fixed issues that occured with lower resolution screens (e.g. laptops)
  • Fixed settings screen text and buttons (also removed sliders)
  • Fixed display content scrolling up and down in the fixed view
  • Fixed missing localization
  • Fixed white screen on first launch
  • Many more minor improvements and fixes...

[0.7.0] Alpha release

• Most vital features are present in this release
• Fixes:
  • Improved accuracy of stats calculation
  • Slightly improved end of level screen - still needs some work
  • Fixed first letter of setence and words dissappearing from prev section

[<0.7.0] Prototyping

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Technical

Uses node.js 10.3.0 and npm 6.xxx

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