feat: initialization

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Pull Request Overview

This PR introduces a new NVDA add-on called "AskEase" - an AI-powered screen assistant that helps visually impaired users understand and interact with their screen content. The add-on integrates with OpenAI's API to provide intelligent screen analysis, step-by-step guidance, and an interactive chat interface.

Key Changes:

• Implements core AI screen assistant functionality with vision-based analysis and natural language interaction
• Adds comprehensive build system using SCons with support for internationalization and add-on packaging
• Includes Chinese (Simplified) localization with 339 translated strings

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File	Description
site_scons/site_tools/gettexttool/init.py	SCons tool for gettext localization support (msgfmt, xgettext)
sconstruct	Main build script for add-on packaging, localization, and documentation generation
buildVars.py	Add-on metadata and build configuration
manifest.ini.tpl / manifest-translated.ini.tpl	Template files for add-on manifest generation
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/init.py	Main plugin entry point with gesture handling and screen recording
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/helpDialog.py	AI chat dialog UI with conversation history and settings
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/settingsPanel.py	NVDA settings panel for OpenAI API configuration
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/openai_service.py	OpenAI API integration and request handling
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/addonConfig.py	Configuration management with .env file support
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/desktop/*	Desktop state capture and screenshot functionality
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/screenReader/*	Screen reader action history tracking
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/message/*	Message list management for chat history
addon/globalPlugins/screenAssistant/prompt.py	System prompts and prompt templates for AI
addon/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/nvda.po	Chinese (Simplified) translation file
README.md	Comprehensive documentation for users and developers

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The CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY constant and related Windows API usage is deprecated. Modern code should use FOLDERID constants with SHGetKnownFolderPath instead of CSIDL constants with SHGetFolderPathW. However, this is marked as low severity as the current implementation will still work.

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	CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY = 0x0010 # Desktop folder
	SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = 0
	# logging chat history to desktop
	LOGGING_ENABLED = False
	def get_user_desktop_dir() -> str:
	try:
	buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(wintypes.MAX_PATH)
	ctypes.windll.shell32.SHGetFolderPathW(
	0, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, 0, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, buf
	)
	return buf.value
	# Modern Windows API constants for Desktop folder
	FOLDERID_Desktop = ctypes.c_char_p(b"{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}")
	# logging chat history to desktop
	LOGGING_ENABLED = False
	def get_user_desktop_dir() -> str:
	try:
	# Setup for SHGetKnownFolderPath
	from ctypes import POINTER, byref, windll, wintypes
	REFKNOWNFOLDERID = ctypes.c_char_p
	# SHGetKnownFolderPath prototype: HRESULT SHGetKnownFolderPath(REFKNOWNFOLDERID rfid, DWORD dwFlags, HANDLE hToken, PWSTR *ppszPath)
	SHGetKnownFolderPath = windll.shell32.SHGetKnownFolderPath
	SHGetKnownFolderPath.argtypes = [REFKNOWNFOLDERID, wintypes.DWORD, wintypes.HANDLE, POINTER(ctypes.c_wchar_p)]
	SHGetKnownFolderPath.restype = wintypes.HRESULT
	path_ptr = ctypes.c_wchar_p()
	result = SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_Desktop, 0, 0, byref(path_ptr))
	if result != 0:
	raise OSError("SHGetKnownFolderPath failed")
	desktop_path = path_ptr.value
	# Free the memory allocated for the path
	windll.Ole32.CoTaskMemFree(path_ptr)
	return desktop_path

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