BBO Visual Assist
BBO Visual Assist Extension
1.\tSupporting voice commands and keyboard shortcuts.
2.\tReading cards, bids, score etc. under the mouse cursor.
3.\tReading chat messages and other unsolicited messages
4.\tIntroducing each board, the vulnerability, and the dealer.
5.\tGiving a brief description of your hand and dummy’s.
6.\tDescribing actions such as bids, cards played, alerts and claims.
The extension can be tailored to the required level of assistance by enabling or disabling the appropriate functions using the extension’s pop-up window.
Full documentation is available via the extension's pop-up window. Use the jigsaw symbol in the top right toolbar of Google Chrome to display the pop-up window and to pin the pop-up window to the toolbar.
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Version 6.8 (4th Mar 2024)
•\tCache of out-of-date elements cleared on logoff so now possible to log back in without refreshing the browser page.
Version 6.7 (14th Feb 2024)
•\tRequired updated since BBO changed so some elements are not available until after the user logs into BBO.
Version 6.6 (6th Sept 2023)
•\tReading out of the cards in a suit slowed down.
Version 6.5 (14th July 2023)
•\tBoard described again if player re-joins a board.
•\tFixed bug which left the microphone active if no speech for 9 seconds
Version 6.4 (22nd Jun 2023)
•\tVoice command 'Auction' corrected to report 3 passes if you're in the pass-out seat.
•\tCut and Paste commands will not be beeped; similar for other standard keys.
•\tCan no longer used Ctrl+F5 to hear dummy's spades prior to start of the board.
•\tVoice commands to play cards patched so suit isn’t always required.
Version 6.3 (18th Jun 2023)
•\tFixed auction speech actions that stopped working due to BBO changing the internal layout of the auction box.
•\tDuring testing detected that the speech recognition fails to recognise numbers from one to ten unless followed by the suit. This could not be fixed as it appears to be a problem with the Chrome API so will need to be further investigated.
•\tPressing the
Version 6.2 (22nd Jan 2023)
•\tBug Fix: Mouse clicks within the phrase translation page stopped working under latest Chrome Build 109.0.5414.75
Version 6.1
•\tBug Fix: Mouse clicks stopped working under latest Chrome Build 109.0.5414.75
Version 6.0
•\tKeyboard entry for bids and card playing.
•\tVoice commands to repeat bids or the cards played.
•\tVoice commands to announce who’s turn it is to play and the number of tricks won.
•\tVoice command to announce the number of minutes remaining in the current round.
•\tAdditional error messages.
Source Manifest.json
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