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Introduction:
Custom Aliases is a feature in the Jieshuo screen reader that allows you to change the names of elements in apps. It can be useful when you want to modify how a specific button, for example, is announced. For instance, you can change the “more options” button in a certain app to simply “more.”
A primary use case for this feature is to translate items that are originally in a foreign language, such as Chinese options and function names in Jieshuo, before they are translated.
adding aliases:
1. Focus on the element whose name you want to change.
2. Select “Edit Node Alias” from the main menu or assign a gesture to it.
3. In the alias editing interface, you can clear the original name and type the desired one. Alternatively, you can clear it without adding any custom name.
4. Press “OK” to save the changes.
If you haven’t enabled the use of custom aliases before, you will receive a message informing you that this feature needs to be enabled for the changes to take effect. You’ll be asked whether you want to enable it. This message is still in Chinese. Tapping “OK” will enable the feature and return you to the alias editing interface. If you’re done, tap “Cancel” to go back.
Once you’ve changed the alias, whenever the focused element is announced, it will be announced using the new name. The new name will replace the old one even when navigating by characters or words. This means you will hear the custom name rather than the original one.
It’s important to note that an element can consist of several independent elements, and Jieshuo will treat each of them as a separate, independent focus. When you tap on “Edit Node Alias,” you will see a list of all independent items within the focus, and you can modify each of them.
For example, in WhatsApp, the message content itself is an independent focus in Jieshuo. So, if you change the name of another element, like the camera button, and you receive a message containing the word “camera” only, the message content will be affected because “camera” will be treated as an individual focus, and the alias will impact it.
Another way to change the node alias is by tapping “Edit the Pronunciation of the Currently Focused Element” from the main menu or using a gesture, then selecting “Edit node alias”.
Custom alias settings:
To enable or disable custom node aliases, follow these steps:
1. Go to “Jieshuo Settings.”
2. Navigate to “Reading Settings” and select “Custom Label and Alias Settings.”
3. Check or uncheck the “Use Custom Node Aliases” checkbox.
To edit and add new aliases, follow these steps:
1. Go to “Aliases Manager” included in “Custom label and alias settings”.
2. Long press on an app to delete all of its aliases.
3. Tapping an app’s name will display a list of all aliases for that app and an “add” option. You can add a new alias by entering the original name and the desired new name. To delete a specific alias, long press on it.
To share custom aliases with others, follow these steps:
1. Open your preferred file manager.
2. Navigate to the Jieshuo folder, which is named in Chinese.
3. Enter the “Aliases” folder.
4. Inside, you’ll find files containing the app’s aliases. You can share the desired file with others.
5. The other person needs to place the file in the same directory and enable custom aliases to make use of it.
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