2026.2 Add-on APU changes

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

2026.2beta1 has been released.

API Status:

The add-on API for 2026.2 has entered feature freeze. Development is now focused on bug fixes. The core API functionality for this release has been established, and most changes introduced from this point should be minor and non-breaking. The API will be finalised with the 2026.2rc1 release, barring any emergency exceptions.

Action Items for Add-on Authors:

1. Test your add-ons against the 2026.2 API using 2026.2beta1
2. Consider publishing a beta/dev release to the Add-on Store for user testing

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

Add-on API changes have been merged, planned for inclusion in the 2026.2 release:

"Modernise speech dict handler with enums and type hints #19430".

If API breaks or planned future breaks (deprecations) will cause difficulties for the ongoing development of an add-on you maintain, please let NVDA developers know by replying directly to emails, or via GitHub.

Deprecations:

• The speechDictHandler.ENTRY_TYPE_* constants are deprecated. Use the speechDictHandler.types.EntryType enumeration instead.
• speechDictHandler.SpeechDictEntry and speechDictHandler.SpeechDict have been moved to speechDictHandler.types. (#19430, @LeonarddeR)