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#SARA got a quick update today — a new release with just one feature, but hopefully a useful one. The Music Folder is now available as an additional playlist type you can configure. It works very simply: you add a folder with audio files, and those files appear in SARA just like any other playlist. You can browse them, preview them with the Space key, add them to a music playlist with Enter, or copy and paste them into, for example, a news-type playlist if that suits your workflow better.
I’ve also added a new default shortcut, CTRL+P, which works with both music-style playlists and opens the window for setting mix points.
In the NVDA add-on, I also changed the default behavior of the “Do Not Disturb” mode — it is now disabled by default. I found that it interfered too much, and it’s better to enable it intentionally when you’re working under time pressure or running a busy show where you can’t afford any distractions.
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I finally had to test in real life what I’d been building. Today I produced the first show featuring #SARA. The operation was a success—everyone survived, nothing exploded, and all the mixes sounded exactly the way I programmed them. ;)
That said, remember this is still a very early test version, created entirely with GPT Codex.
By the way, I’ve gone back to working with GPT 5.1. The latest Max model is, for now at least, a disappointment—it kept tripping over more complex tasks, especially when it had to remember and satisfy several conditions at once.
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A new version of #SARA is available on GitHub. A lot has changed, mainly under the hood, but also in the interface. Among other things, a break (Ctrl+B) has been added to a track, which causes playback to stop after the track marked this way in automix. Speaking of automix, its behavior is now much more predictable. The mix window now allows monitoring of both the loop and the mix with the next track, both triggered by the Alt+V shortcut. A “Do Not Disturb” mode has been added to the NVDA add-on, enabled by default, which makes SARA speak very little, but as a side effect it also stops reading some interface elements, so for example it is best to switch between playlists using the F6 key. The Do Not Disturb mode can be turned off at any time with the Alt+NVDA+D shortcut. Attached to this post you will find a sample of how SARA mixes in practice, and you can test it here: gitrls.com/michaldziwisz/sara/

SARA 0.0.3

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After a few intense days with GPT Codex, it’s finally time to officially introduce Sara. #SARA or Simple Accessible Radio Automation, is a program primarily designed for radio presenters who host live shows.

Some notable features that are currently missing from other broadcast solutions accessible to blind users include:

a loop function – especially useful for intros,
a flexible number of playlists and players,
and a news editor module with the ability to embed audio clips that can be played while reading the news.

The application is 100% vibe-coded, and it’s definitely not recommended to test it during a live broadcast. It requires several sound cards to operate, and for now, I’m not planning to add any virtual audio routing like the one found in Radioboss or SPL. The program is and will remain open source, and perhaps someone interested in contributing will join the project.

In terms of screen reader compatibility, the main focus is on NVDA.

Happy testing: gitrls.com/michaldziwisz/sara/

SARA 0.0.3

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