001 JNG 01/03/24 Created this change log. Also updated NWSClock.
002 JNG 01/03/24 Updated the OS Sound Kit to version 1.21. This version includes the high quality Windows NT 4.0 startup and shutdown sounds from build 1273.
003 JNG 01/03/24 Fixed miner bug in latest NWSClock update.
004 JNG 01/06/24 Added NFBnet archive.7z to root, and removed old screen readers.7z from utilities as the newly added archive includes the same content.
005 JNG 01/16/24 Updated C1Bitcrusher VST.
006 JNG 02/15/24 Added Onion Radio News archive.
007 JNG 02/15/24 Added Onion Radio News May through December 2008 archive.
008 JNG 02/21/24 Updated dtex46.zip. Combined English/Spanish firmware images are now properly built, and disclaimer has been removed since the initial builds have been evaluated and verified to work. Also fixed year in change log.
009 JNG 03/03/24 Updated DTPad to fix speak selection.
010 JNG 03/06/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi.
011 JNG 03/07/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi, again.
012 JNG 03/08/24 Updated DTPad to fix memory leak.
013 JNG 03/09/24 Added PACMate Training to manual and tutorial tapes.
014 JNG 03/10/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi to fix a couple more random bugs.
015 JNG 03/11/24 Updated OPL3GM VSTi to fix glitches when switching OPL3 emulators.
016 JNG 03/12/24 Added building section to OPL3GM readme.
017 JNG 03/14/24 Updated DTPad to improve the display of DECtalk version information.
018 JNG 03/21/24 Added 32-bit build of DECtalk 5.0 Beta to speak windows archive.
019 JNG 03/22/24 Updated DTPad to store settings in INI file and display error codes if DECtalk fails to load.
020 JNG 04/02/24 Updated DECtalk 4.99, Orpheus, and Eloquence 4.7 NVDA addon manifests. The DECtalk 4.99 addon itself has also been updated.
021 JNG 04/03/24 Replaced Roland VSC88.zip with VSC32.iso.
022 JNG 04/12/24 Replaced some files in games directory.
023 JNG 04/13/24 Added Cobra screen reader.
024 JNG 04/13/24 Added kitchensinc complete archive to games directory.
025 JNG 04/15/24 Added Apply button to NWSClock configuration dialog.
026 JNG 04/17/24 Updated NWSClock. A menu item for restarting the speech engine has been added, and the copyright year in the resource script has been updated.
027 JNG 04/20/24 Updated user dictionary in Orpheus NVDA addons.
028 JNG 04/21/24 Added GPS receiver documentation to Sendero GPS Docs.
029 JNG 04/28/24 Replaced ttdemo.iso with talking typer.iso.
030 JNG 04/30/24 Added Neural Voices NVDA addon.
031 JNG 05/08/24 Updated Neural Voices NVDA addon.
032 JNG 05/09/24 Updated NWSClock. Speaker names are stored as resource strings.
033 JNG 05/11/24 Updated NWSClock, again. A global hotkey conflict was fixed. Specifically, the shortcut for reading the clipboard is now Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R instead of Ctrl+Alt+R. Also, a note was added to the readme on how to effectively make the clock on-demand.
034 JNG 05/11/24 Added Audio Game Maker to games directory.
035 JNG 05/11/24 Added audio files from artictech.com to manual and tutorial tapes. These files were captured by the Wayback Machine.
036 JNG 05/12/24 Added DECtalk 4.60 R003 to speak windows archive.
037 JNG 05/12/24 Added 64-bit registry license file for DECtalk 4.60 R003 to speak windows archive. The full version of DECtalk 4.61 was also added.
038 JNG 05/12/24 Added Window Eyes tutorials to manual and tutorial tapes.
039 JNG 05/12/24 Added Outspoken tutorials to manual and tutorial tapes.
040 JNG 05/17/24 Added Old RealSpeak voices (circa 2002). Note: the uninstaller for the multilingual version is broken in control panel, so you will have to use the MSI file to uninstall.
041 JNG 05/18/24 Added RealSpeak Solo SAPI5 voices.
042 JNG 05/18/24 Updated DECtalk SAPI5 interface. Multiple small audio buffers are used, so this should reduce audio glitches and increase responsiveness in some applications.
043 JNG 05/20/24 Added VMware Workstation Pro Windows installer.
044 JNG 05/21/24 Added DECtalk 4.60 R011 November 2000 build to speak windows archive.
045 JNG 05/22/24 Fixed bug in NWSClock. Speech parameters are set after speech engine restart.
046 JNG 06/16/24 Added "Our Fair City" sci-fi audio drama. These files were downloaded from ourfaircity.com in June of 2020, and as of June of 2024, the site has a "Coming Soon" notice.
047 JNG 06/17/24 Updated NWSClock. The font of the time display and background color is now customizable, and an option to hide the menu bar has been added. A popup menu was also added to the system tray functionality.
048 JNG 06/19/24 Fixed bug in latest NWSClock update. If the background color was set to black, it wasn't properly set the next time the configuration was read.
049 JNG 06/21/24 Fixed another NWSClock bug. The time is no longer displayed twice on initialization.
050 JNG 06/22/24 Replaced soundfonts.7z with HammerSound soundfonts.7z. A couple files were missing from the initial archive.
051 JNG 06/24/24 Updated NWSClock to use a multimedia timer, which is more accurate than the normal Windows timer. An option to show seconds in the painted time was also added.
052 JNG 06/27/24 Updated NWSClock again. The time is only automatically announced when the interval is reached, and when the current second is 0.
053 JNG 06/30/24 Fixed bug in NWSClock window initialization logic. Include Seconds was only getting checked if Paint Time was already checked.