Corvus v. 2019.1.0

Release date: 
Wednesday, 31. July 2019
Supported versions of the operating system Android: 
4.4 KitKat, 4.4.1 KitKat, 4.4.2 KitKat, 4.4.3 KitKat, 4.4.4 KitKat, 5.0 Lollipop, 5.0.1 Lollipop, 5.0.2 Lollipop, 5.1 Lollipop, 5.1.1 Lollipop, 6.0 Marshmallow, 6.0.1 Marshmallow, 7.0 Nougat, 7.1 Nougat, 7.1.1 Nougat, 7.1.2 Nougat, 8.0 Oreo, 8.1 Oreo, 9.0 Pie
Application to download: 
New module: 
Medicines

Lets you to schedule medicine ingestions and measuring, scheduled events are later presented to you using notification or special window.

Notepad

Simplified version of notes application. All notes are organized in one linear list.

Swipemaster game

Useful to learn gestures for the beginners but also to play for advanced. App asks you to perform 30 random gestures and then informs you about number of successful catches and average reaction time. Gestures can be presented to user using verbal or audible description.

New feature or improvement: 
Corvus now supports RG160 phone.
It is now possible to add more parameters when creating or updating event in calendar. Set start and end date and time of the event, toggle all-day flag, it is possible to choose target calendar, set reminder and create repeating events. See user’s guide for more information.
It is now possible to enter new event in calendar also through context menu in calendar application.
It is now possible to edit events in calendar.
Corvus now informs about number of events for particular day when cursor moves through calendar.
Playlist files (*.m3u, *.m3u8) can be now opened directly in music player. Use files functionality to do it.
Things finder application can now be used also on devices with Android 4.4.x.
Numeric layout of Corvus keyboard now contains on zero button decimal point character to let users to type floating point numbers.
There is jump to percentage item in context menu of text files reader which allows user to quickly move cursor to percentage of the document.
E-mail application now automatically filters chunks of empty lines in messages.
There is a new typing method, called hybrid typing. See user’s guide for more information.
It is now possible to set Corvus to announce name of caller on incoming call and name of message sender when receiving SMS message. See settings>during call behaviour to enable these functions.
File manager application now contains list of frequently used directories which can be used to quickly jump to these directories. It is shown automatically on start of application and it can be also opened by item in context menu.
File manager can be closed by swipe to the left in some specific situations. E.g. in root folder of notes, books, and “files” of music player applications, …
It is now possible to add information about real time to all screens in sporting application.
Corvus can now send speech output using special stream dedicated for accessibility services. This feature does not work perfect on all devices and is disabled by default, but it can solve problems with catted starts or ends of phrases on many devices. Enter *##*222787326# to phone application and then restart speech using 2-swipe to right gesture to toggle this feature.
Functionality or controll change: 
We added some more modules to Corvus Free: Notepad, File manager, swipe master game, Slovak library for the blind, Western Slovak energetics, Calculator, recorder, Music player, and Android applications are now available without license.
We added a multiselect list component to Corvus user interface. It allows to choose one or more items and is used e.g. in medicines application to set days when scheduling ingestion, or to set active calendars in calendar application.
It is now possible to select and delete multiple notifications in one step in list of Corvus notifications.
Explore by touch feature in Corvus screen reader now works properly also on Samsung devices with Android 9.
We doubled 5 seconds delay used when scanning QR codes. Corvus now tries to catch it for 10 seconds which seems to be enough in all situations.
Our special *##* codes in phone application are now confirmed automatically after entering of last ‘#’ character.
Fixed bug: 
Fixed a bug which caused a crash if user tried to type using buttons and screen simultaneously e.g. on LG Wine Smart device.
Fixed a bug which caused sporadically freezes of location information on main screen.
Fixed a bug which caused a crash if user restarted device with enabled location on main screen and insufficient privileges.
Fixed a bug which caused that Corvus said “undefined” on save button in adding RSS dialog.
Fixed a bug which caused a crash when received SMS on devices with Android older than 5.0.
Fixed a bug which caused that it was not possible to delete e-mail messages on devices with Android 8 and later.
Fixed a bug which caused that it was not possible to delete e-mail messages on devices with Android 8 and later.
Fixed a bug which caused sporadic misfunction of jump to time function in Calendar application.
Fixed a bug which caused that it was not possible to set some media files as ring tones on Samsung devices with android 8 and later.
All time related functions in sporting app now shows proper time.
Fixed a bug which caused that it was not possible to configure drawing sensitivity on devices with high resolution displays.
Fixed a bug which caused that it was not possible to unzip specific ZIP files using Corvus file manager.
Fixed a bug which caused sporadic crashes of Corvus Screen reader.
Improved overall stability of Corvus application.