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EdnunpandClaude Opus 4.8 5abbeefe29 v4.1: two screen-reader fixes — silent start-in-tray, announce on restore

- Starting straight into the tray (StartMinimised / --minimized) no longer plays the "minimise"
  cue; only a genuine user minimise does (the startup path passes playCue:false)
- Restoring the window from the tray now lands focus on a real named control on the active tab so
  NVDA announces it, instead of resting on the role-less QuietTabControl and surfacing silently
- Shared the focus-a-leaf-for-announcement helper between the main window and Preferences

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-06-13 15:59:59 +01:00

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RemSound v4.1

A small follow-up to v4.0, with two fixes for screen-reader users.

Starting in the tray is silent

When RemSound starts straight into the notification area (Start minimised, or --minimized), it no longer plays the "minimise" cue. Booting into the tray isn't you choosing to hide the window, so it shouldn't sound the cue — only a genuine minimise does.

Bringing the window back announces itself

When you restore RemSound from the tray, it now lands focus on a control on whichever tab you'd left showing, so your screen reader announces the window instead of surfacing silently.

Compatibility

v4.1 talks to v3.3 through v4.0 with no trouble — the over-the-network format is unchanged, so you don't have to update both ends at once. (Everyone still needs v3.3 or newer, where end-to-end encryption came in.)

Install

Download RemSound-v4.1.zip from this release.
Close RemSound.
Extract the zip over your existing RemSound folder, overwriting program files when prompted. The zip is program files only — it won't touch your settings, profiles, logs or recordings.
Run RemSound.exe.

Upgrading

From v3.6 or newer: Help → Check for updates installs v4.1 with the in-app updater — and if it can't finish, it puts your old version back exactly as it was.

From v1.9–v3.5: Check for updates works, but uses your current version's older updater for this one hop. If auto-update has been failing on your machine, install by hand using the steps above.

v1.8 and earlier: the auto-updater in those versions can't install updates — install by hand using the steps above.

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