nvaccess/nvda
Jan 2025 – Mar 2026
5 Months active
Languages Used
DICINIplaintext
Technical Skills
LocalizationText-to-SpeechConfiguration ManagementInternationalizationdictionary managementlocalization
Jani Kinnunen
PROFILE
Jani Kinnunen
Worked on the nvaccess/nvda repository to enhance accessibility and localization for Finnish users, focusing on the symbols dictionary and keyboard shortcut configurations. Delivered updates to the Finnish Text-to-Speech experience by refining language symbol handling and improving pronunciation accuracy, particularly for punctuation and special characters. Improved keyboard shortcut mappings in gestures.ini to better align with Finnish laptop layouts, ensuring intuitive navigation and accurate command announcements. Utilized configuration management, localization, and dictionary management skills, working primarily with DIC, INI, and plaintext formats. Prioritized maintainability and traceability through issue-linked commits, contributing to a more accessible and user-friendly NVDA experience for Finnish speakers.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
80%Features
Repository Contributions
6Total
Bugs
1
Commits
6
Features
4
Lines of code
54
Activity Months5
Your Network
37 peopleWork History
March 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026: NVDA Finnish punctuation handling improvements via Finnish symbols dictionary; updated symbols.dic for Finnish and performed cleanup to ensure accurate punctuation representation. Commits included: 1af2479f5fe0ca964c306539643a3db187f34791 (Updated symbols.dic for Finnish, #19789) and 310f85d17215cee59c5443d36fe695d48419527d (Updated symbols.dic for Finnish, #19839) with colon revert and removal of a duplicate definition. Result: improved punctuation accuracy for Finnish users and a cleaner, more maintainable dictionary.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026: NVDA Finnish punctuation handling improvements via Finnish symbols dictionary; updated symbols.dic for Finnish and performed cleanup to ensure accurate punctuation representation. Commits included: 1af2479f5fe0ca964c306539643a3db187f34791 (Updated symbols.dic for Finnish, #19789) and 310f85d17215cee59c5443d36fe695d48419527d (Updated symbols.dic for Finnish, #19839) with colon revert and removal of a duplicate definition. Result: improved punctuation accuracy for Finnish users and a cleaner, more maintainable dictionary.
March 2026
November 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for nvaccess/nvda: Key feature delivered - Finnish Symbols Dictionary Enhancement. Added a hyphen symbol to the Finnish symbols dictionary and corrected the Braille character description, improving localization and Braille accuracy for Finnish users. The change was implemented in nvaccess/nvda with commit 855742d57b6995dd5abc44bebf0ae789cefe11d3 (Update symbols.dic for Finnish (#19287)).
November 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for nvaccess/nvda: Key feature delivered - Finnish Symbols Dictionary Enhancement. Added a hyphen symbol to the Finnish symbols dictionary and corrected the Braille character description, improving localization and Braille accuracy for Finnish users. The change was implemented in nvaccess/nvda with commit 855742d57b6995dd5abc44bebf0ae789cefe11d3 (Update symbols.dic for Finnish (#19287)).
June 2025
1 Commits
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 NVDA monthly summary for the nvaccess/nvda repository: No new user-facing features were delivered this month. Primary focus was on quality and localization improvements. A Finnish language resource update corrected the translation of the circumflex symbol description ('hattu') in the Finnish symbols dictionary to ensure accurate pronunciation and description for Finnish users, reducing potential mispronunciations in screen reader output. This work strengthens accessibility for Finnish users and supports ongoing internationalization efforts.
1 Commits
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 NVDA monthly summary for the nvaccess/nvda repository: No new user-facing features were delivered this month. Primary focus was on quality and localization improvements. A Finnish language resource update corrected the translation of the circumflex symbol description ('hattu') in the Finnish symbols dictionary to ensure accurate pronunciation and description for Finnish users, reducing potential mispronunciations in screen reader output. This work strengthens accessibility for Finnish users and supports ongoing internationalization efforts.
June 2025
April 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for nvaccess/nvda: Focused on accessibility improvements for Finnish users, delivering keyboard shortcut enhancements via gestures.ini. Updated bindings for global commands, Word, Outlook, and NVDA objects in Excel to align with Finnish laptop layouts. Ensured commands are announced correctly and shortcuts are intuitive for Finnish keyboard contexts. This work strengthens localization, reduces user friction, and improves overall usability for Finnish NVDA users.
April 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for nvaccess/nvda: Focused on accessibility improvements for Finnish users, delivering keyboard shortcut enhancements via gestures.ini. Updated bindings for global commands, Word, Outlook, and NVDA objects in Excel to align with Finnish laptop layouts. Ensured commands are announced correctly and shortcuts are intuitive for Finnish keyboard contexts. This work strengthens localization, reduces user friction, and improves overall usability for Finnish NVDA users.
January 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025Month: 2025-01 — Summary focused on delivering accessible and localized improvements in nvda, with a clear business value through improved Finnish TTS experience.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025Month: 2025-01 — Summary focused on delivering accessible and localized improvements in nvda, with a clear business value through improved Finnish TTS experience.
January 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness93.4%
Maintainability93.4%
Architecture90.0%
Performance90.0%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
DICINIplaintext
Technical Skills
Configuration ManagementInternationalizationLocalizationText-to-Speechaccessibility developmentdictionary managementlocalization
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