Mind Express 5 update (January 2023)

In this January update (5.1.0.3095) you’ll find many changes and new functionalities including support for Message sets and new Environmental control functionality.

New

  • Fill cells has been extended with the option to quickly program images from disk into multiple cells
  • It is now possible to add multiple images simultaneously via “Choose image” from disk
  • Last modified date of a document can now be consulted via author info in Document settings
  • Home button is now larger for folders in the portal
  • When external dwell is finished the dwell cursor no longer remains on screen
  • External dwell now starts running only after 200 milliseconds
  • New Voice actions: Save and Restore to temporarily save and restore the settings of a voice
  • Eye control and mouse selection: the “after selection” indicator is now displayed if working with dwelling. This helps as visual support for dwelling.
  • New dwell indicator: full clock indicator added for a larger full clock indicator (compared to full clock (small) indicator of the previous version)
  • Eye control: added advanced settings for Tobii eye control for agility, reaction speed, looking away
  • Audio and video: completely renewed for better music and video support (a.o. correct display of rotated videos)
  • Audio and video: new Play/Pause action (allows to create 1 cell that switches between play and pause)
  • E-mail: support for OAuth authorization for hotmail
  • Environment control: support for BJ Live Infrared and BJ Live RF
  • Environment control: ability to directly import IR codes from known devices (for Jabbla IR, UIRT, BJ Live IR)
  • Message set added: it is now possible for a user to fully categorize and manage (add, move, delete) a set of messages (TTS or recorded voice).
  • Automorphing in MyCore English was disabled (in Score, automorphing continues to work)
  • Phrase Predictions added for French/German/Swedish/Danish/Norwegian
  • German: Verb forms Imperativ and Konjunktiv are now editable
  • French: Automatic merging of words added (e.g. à + le becomes au, je + ai becomes j’ai)
  • Danish: Verb form Imperativ added

Improvements

  • Several fixes for the use of capital letters in keyboards (cfr AlphaCore)
  • Fix for pause button in InControl
  • Fix: use of protected files in demo version of Mind Express no longer gives a server error
  • Fix: checking security for protected files has been improved and no longer gives false notifications
  • Fix: when ME5 stopped working, you could not restart ME5 unless you stopped the cloudstorage.exe process or restarted your PC.
  • Fix: crash when trying to test the voice with the “change voice” action.
  • Fix: importing a pageset from another user profile sometimes failed
  • Fix: cursor in message box was in wrong position after Undo action
  • Fix: revert to full screen when coming from a windows control pageset
  • Social media: fixes for WhatsApp and Messenger
  • Email: fix for dropping GMail OAuth authorization when using Mind Express offline
  • Environment controls: various fixes
  • Calculator: improvement for calculating operations without parentheses
  • Calendar: fix for visualizing appointments in settings
  • Internet: fix for embedded youtube links
  • Fix for crash when exiting Mind Express
  • Fixes for wrongly rotated images