Drops python 2.7 support, we should have done this before now anyway. This in a way closes #36

Author: ultrasound1372

addon/synthDrivers/_ibmeci.py

@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@
 from ctypes import *
 from io import BytesIO
 from os import path
-try:
-	# Python 2.7 imports
-	import Queue as queue 
-except ImportError:
-	# Python 3 import
-	import queue
+import queue
 
 import threading, time
 import config, languageHandler, nvwave, addonHandler

addon/synthDrivers/ibmeci.py

@@ -14,18 +14,8 @@
 import addonHandler
 addonHandler.initTranslation()
 
-try: # for python 2.7
-	unicode
-	from synthDriverHandler import BooleanSynthSetting as BooleanDriverSetting,NumericSynthSetting as NumericDriverSetting
-	
-	class synthIndexReached:
-		@classmethod
-		def notify (cls, synth=None, index=None): pass
-	synthDoneSpeaking = synthIndexReached
-except:
-	from driverHandler import BooleanDriverSetting,NumericDriverSetting
-	from synthDriverHandler import synthIndexReached, synthDoneSpeaking
-	def unicode(s): return s
+from driverHandler import BooleanDriverSetting,NumericDriverSetting
+from synthDriverHandler import synthIndexReached, synthDoneSpeaking
 
 minRate=40
 maxRate=156
@@ -190,7 +180,7 @@ def speak(self,speechSequence):
 		charmode=False
 		for item in speechSequence:
 			if isinstance(item, string_types):
-				s = self.processText(unicode(item))
+				s = self.processText(item)
 				outlist.append((_ibmeci.speak, (s,)))
 				last = s
 			elif isinstance(item,speech.IndexCommand):

buildVars.py

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 	# Documentation file name
 	"addon_docFileName" : "readme.html",
 	# Minimum NVDA version supported (e.g. "2018.3.0")
-	"addon_minimumNVDAVersion" : "2018.3.0",
+	"addon_minimumNVDAVersion" : "2019.3.0",
 	# Last NVDA version supported/tested (e.g. "2018.4.0", ideally more recent than minimum version)
-	"addon_lastTestedNVDAVersion" : "2020.2.0",
+	"addon_lastTestedNVDAVersion" : "2020.4.0",
 	# Add-on update channel (default is stable or None)
 	"addon_updateChannel" : None,
 }