version 20.02B2

fix now NVDA won-t stop from talking if the current device number is not present, E.G. if a soundcard is disconnected. This issue is present on all NVDA-s synth drivers.
add more crashing fixes.
fix now IBMTTS can load dictionaries properly.

addon/synthDrivers/_ibmeci.py

@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ def setLast(lp):
 	onIndexReached(lp)
 
 def bgPlay(stri):
-	if len(stri) == 0: return
+	global player
+	if not player or len(stri) == 0: return
 	# Sometimes player.feed() tries to open the device when it's already open,
 	# causing a WindowsError. This code catches and works around this.
 	# [DGL, 2012-12-18 with help from Tyler]
@@ -236,6 +237,10 @@ def bgPlay(stri):
 			if tries > 0:
 				log.warning("Eloq speech retries: %d" % (tries))
 			return
+		except FileNotFoundError:
+			# reset the player if the used soundcard is not present. E.G. the total number of sound devices has changed.
+			player.close()
+			player = nvwave.WavePlayer(1, 11025, 16, outputDevice=config.conf["speech"]["outputDevice"])
 		except:
 			player.idle()
 			time.sleep(0.02)

buildVars.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	# Translators: Long description to be shown for this add-on on add-on information from add-ons manager
 	"addon_description" : _("""This is the IBMTTS synthesizer driver for NVDA."""),
 	# version
-	"addon_version" : "20.02B1",
+	"addon_version" : "20.02B2",
 	# Author(s)
 	"addon_author" : u"David CM <dhf360@gmail.com> and others",
 	# URL for the add-on documentation support