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[Alessandro Astone <2125336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

This is a tracking bug for updating orca from 49~beta to 49.1.
The update contains mostly bugfixes:


49.1 - 20 September 2025

Fixes for Regressions:

* Orca would not launch in environments which lack BrlAPI.

* Toggling CapsLock via double-click was not being spoken.

* KeyEcho in terminals was failing in some environments.

=========

49.0 - 17 September 2025

New Features:

* Orca-controlled caret navigation is now available in all text objects;
  not just web content. To toggle it, try Orca + F12. Note that there
  are still improvements to be made and bugs to be fixed.

* Support for more commands and settings have been added to the D-Bus
 "Remote Controller".

Other Changes:

* Restore OnlyShowIn=GNOME to the orca-autostart.desktop file so that Orca
  v49 and later can be autostarted in earlier versions of GNOME. Execute
  Orca with `--replace` so that when autostart is used, any previously-
  running versions of Orca are terminated first.

* Present static text descriptions associated with GtkList ancestors.

* Speak system messages with "some" punctuation rather than "no"
  punctuation to ensure symbols like percentage are spoken.

* Treat unicode mark characters as diacritics for the purpose of key
  echo so that combining characters are spoken.

* Fix echoing of keypad keys when NumLock is on.

** Affects: orca (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2125336

Title:
  orca 49.1 bugfix release

Status in orca package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is a tracking bug for updating orca from 49~beta to 49.1.
  The update contains mostly bugfixes:


  49.1 - 20 September 2025

  Fixes for Regressions:

  * Orca would not launch in environments which lack BrlAPI.

  * Toggling CapsLock via double-click was not being spoken.

  * KeyEcho in terminals was failing in some environments.

  =========

  49.0 - 17 September 2025

  New Features:

  * Orca-controlled caret navigation is now available in all text objects;
    not just web content. To toggle it, try Orca + F12. Note that there
    are still improvements to be made and bugs to be fixed.

  * Support for more commands and settings have been added to the D-Bus
   "Remote Controller".

  Other Changes:

  * Restore OnlyShowIn=GNOME to the orca-autostart.desktop file so that Orca
    v49 and later can be autostarted in earlier versions of GNOME. Execute
    Orca with `--replace` so that when autostart is used, any previously-
    running versions of Orca are terminated first.

  * Present static text descriptions associated with GtkList ancestors.

  * Speak system messages with "some" punctuation rather than "no"
    punctuation to ensure symbols like percentage are spoken.

  * Treat unicode mark characters as diacritics for the purpose of key
    echo so that combining characters are spoken.

  * Fix echoing of keypad keys when NumLock is on.

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