SensePlayer - Firmware 2.0 release notes
About
Below are the latest features/fixes for SensePlayer version 2.0 firmware.
Affected products
- Sense Player ET
- Sense Player EZ
Alert
Firmware 2.0 is now superceded by version 2.1 for SensePlayer.
1. General
a. Fixed the problem where output comes through the speakers when the device is booted with a wired headset connected.
b. When powering off by holding the Power button, you now have the option to Power Off, Restart, or cancel.
c. In all playback areas, the play and pause status is no longer announced with TTS.
d. Added the Mobile screen reader, similar to BrailleSense 6, but mapped for the SensePlayer.
e. Added a new item in the Main Menu called “All Apps” to house 3rd party installations.
f. Added an App Installer in the All Apps menu for easily installing popular Android applications that we know to work well.
g. Moved voice related items out of the Global Options to a separate menu called Voice Options. *Located in the Settings menu, or accessed globally with the hotkey “Menu-Delete”.
2. Bluetooth
a. Fixed a problem where Bluetooth headset media controls did not work outside of the Media Player, such as when playing DAISY Audio or playing podcasts.
b. Added the ability to change the Bluetooth device name in the Bluetooth Manager. *Located in the menu when Bluetooth Manager is open.
c. Fixed a problem in Smart connect, where using the Star-Hash command to change the input language would insert an extra space.
3. Global Options
a. Changed the order of Global Options items to group like items together.
b. Added additional Options to the Character Input Time so that users can set it either faster or slower than in previous builds.
c. Inserted a new option to allow users to choose whether indexing announcements are reported.
4. File Manager
a. Added the ability to install APK’s by pressing OK on them from the File Manager.
5. Media Player
a. You can now navigate by chapters if chapters exist in the file. “Chapter” is added to the movement unit list if chapters are present in the file.
b. Added movement Unit Settings to customize which movement units appear when using the Up and Down arrows during playback.
i. Located in the Media Player Menu. In the Movement Unit Settings dialog, use Up and Down arrows to move among the available movement units, and the Left and Right Arrows to set each to On or Off.
ii. Note: Mark and Chapter cannot be toggled on or off, as their appearance depends on whether these things exist in the file, and their appearance in the list is your only indicator that they are present.
c. Automatically removed the track movement units when only one track is playing. In that instance, the default movement unit is 30 seconds.
d. Added the ability to save the currently playing file list as a playlist, as well as the ability to add the current playing file or files to an existing list.
i. Located in the Media Player Menu when playing media files anywhere except the “Audio Books” folder on the flashdisk or any connected drive.
e. Added Save as Audio Book in the menu when accessing groups of files from the “Audio Books” folder on the Flashdisk or any connected drive.
i. Audio Book playlists automatically always save exit marks, regardless of general Media Player “Save Position” setting.
ii. Audio Book Playlists are treated as a single large file in terms of time movement units, bookmark creation, etc.
iii. When playing an audio book, items like Shuffle and Repeat that do not make sense in the context are not available.
f. Now supports playback of M4B files, specifically requested for audible conversion tool that uses this format. Unfortunately, we’re not able to support chapter navigation in this format at this time.
g. Fixed a problem where super long MP3 files don’t play.
6. DAISY Player
a. When reading DAISY text, you can now change the reading voice, separately from your main TTS. Useful if you want to read a book in a different language, or simply want a specific TTS voice for the book you’re reading. This setting is located in the DAISY Settings dialog. Available voices will include all of those you have currently installed.
b. Added movement Unit Settings to customize which movements are available when using the Up and Down arrows during playback.
i. Located in the DAISY Player Menu. In the Movement Unit Settings dialog, use Up and Down arrows to move among the available movement units, and the Left and Right Arrows to set each to On or Off.
ii. Note: Mark and Heading cannot be toggled on or off, as their appearance depends on whether these things exist in the document, and their appearance in the list is your only indicator that they are present.
iii. Note: Movement Unit Settings are set separately for text and audio DAISY, as the available movement units are different.
7. Document Reader
a. When reading a document, you can now change the reading voice, separately from your main TTS and DAISY voice. This setting is located in the Voice Settings dialog.
b. Added movement Unit Settings, allowing you to choose which navigation elements are available when choosing the movement unit with the Up and Down arrows.
i. Located in the Document Reader Menu.
ii. Note: Mark and Heading cannot be toggled on or off, but appear only if present in the document.
c. Added a function to “skip Empty lines”. *Located in the Voice Settings dialog.
d. Fixed a problem loading headings in some EPUB documents.
e. Changed default movement unit to "Line.”
f. Heading navigation is now supported in DOCX files.
8. Podcasts
a. Chapters are now recognized, and will appear in the movement unit list if present.
b. Added EQ settings in the Podcast Player.
c. Added movement Unit Settings.
i. Located in the Podcasts Menu.
ii. Note: Mark and Chapter cannot be toggled on or off, but appear only if they are present in the file.
d. The Podcast list status should now update more readily when things change, when an episode status changes, when you move from the feed to episode list, etc.
e. Progress should now be indicated during all downloads when multiple downloads are selected.
f. Downloaded files are now appropriately titled with the episode names.
g. You can now select multiple episodes to download if you have the option set to “download Only”.
h. If you use the “Download Only” option, downloaded episodes will now play appropriately when you access them after downloading.
i. When deleting a downloaded episode from the episode list, the TTS message is corrected. *It worked before, but announced “delete Feed”, instead of “Delete Episode”.
j. You can now access the episode description during playback as Help Mode indicates.
9. Web Radio
a. added the ability to change the order of channels in the Channel list.
i. to move the focused channel, press number 2, use the arrows to navigate below the position you want to move 2, and press number 2 again to paste to the new position.
10. Recordings
a. Recordings should now be saved when pressing the Home key while recording is in progress.
b. Fixed a problem where DAISY recordings weren’t built correctly to play on other devices.
c. You can now use the long press Volume key functions to check the time and battery status when a recording is paused.
d. The Vibration pattern is now different when pausing a recording for additional clarity.
e. Added movement Unit Settings during recordings playback.
i. Located in the Menu when playing back a recording.
ii. Note: Marks cannot be toggled on or off, but appear only if they are present in the file.
8. BookShare Download
a. Supports the new V2 API. * Requires installation of the the Chrome browser from the App Installer.
8. Mobile Screen Reader
a. Android apps can be installed via the app Installer, or by pressing OK on an APK file from the File Manager.
b. uninstall apps by pressing the delete key when focused on the app.
c. Screen Reader Hot-Keys
i. Move to Previous/next Control: Left and Right Arrows.
ii. Move to above/below item: Up and Down Arrows.
iii. Move to Top/bottom of screen: Numbers 1 and 7.
iv. Page up/down in list areas: Numbers 3 and 9.
v. Activate selected: OK key.
vi. Press and hold selected: Long Press 0.
vii. Start and Stop Hold: Short press 0.
viii. Back button: Cancel key.
ix. Control Slider: Voice Control-Volume Up and Down.
x. Media Controls: OK with 0 to pause/play, OK with Star to go to the previous track, and OK with Hash to go to the next track.
xi. Create label, Short press Star key
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