changing the sound scheme of nvda
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udit pandey
hi group, how to change the sound skeem of nvda |
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You can't. There officially is only 1 scheme. Technically over the years there have been several schemes and you can change them if you have backups of the original files and then change them over with new ones and there were 4 or so schemes back in the day but its really never taken off. There were audio theme and soundscheme addons back in the day and yes they were used but thats never taken off either. And to be honest if you are running the thing in the field you really don't need or want a load of extras slowing you down. On my system I have a lot of stuff I would like but on all the systems I have access to I have enough to maintain them. That includes all the addons for the stuff I have installed. Vlc, because thats on there though I rarely use it. windows10 apps because all the windows versions 10 and up need it and updater for updates but thats it really. One thing is that nvda seems to use wav files which to be honest are not the best all the time. However they are the simplist to use so yeah. There isn't really any need for sfx anyway. Exit and startup mainly and focus in and out and a few others exist as default. Nvaccess has never had a logo and its all short sounds really. The reader doesn't have a bunch of events. Even with my schemes both on the web and stuff I rarely need more than 2 or 3 events to run. Navigation, stop, errors, disconnect and connection, startup, and a bunch of other errors I know windows has a lot of extras for open close etc and while that was needed on a lot of the slower systems you don't need as many sounds these days.
On 28/08/2022 7:21 pm, udit pandey
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Gene
Do you mean using different sounds than provided? I don't know if
the experimental new sounds are still available anywhere but they
were not used after many users expressed dislike of them. The only
way you can change sounds associated with events is either to create
your own wave files and replace the existing ones or use the other
files, if they are still around.
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Gene On 8/28/2022 2:21 AM, udit pandey
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udit pandey
hi all, I have found a way to change the sounds of nvda. But I dont have sounds to replace can you give some. |
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 11:23 AM, udit pandey wrote:
But I dont have sounds to replace can you give some.- No disrespect intended, but if you're unhappy with the default NVDA sound scheme, how would any of us be able to venture any guess as to what sounds you may prefer, and for which purposes? There are lots of short audio files in WAV format available on the internet on many, many sites. Take a look at some of the sites returned by this search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=free+wav+sounds+for+windows It appears that the entire NVDA sound scheme consists of 10 WAV files located in the NVDA Install folder, waves subfolder. Replacing any one or more of these with other files that are renamed to exactly the same name as NVDA looks for should change the sound used for that situation to whatever sound file it is that you renamed to match the "condition name" of the NVDA WAV file. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Gene
At one time, there was an experimental new sound scheme, as I wrote
earlier. I was curious whether I still had the files and I do.
There are only eight, which evidently means that two original sounds
were kept when using the new scheme.
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If you want it, I'll send a zip file of the sounds to you. Gene On 8/28/2022 6:46 PM, Brian Vogel
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 07:53 PM, Gene wrote:
If you want it, I'll send a zip file of the sounds to you.- I'd love to have it just to see what "the new two" happen to be. I doubt that any of the filenames for the old eight have changed, but seeing the set you saved would confirm/refute that presumption. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Gene
I'll send a link to the file later this evening.
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Gene On 8/28/2022 6:56 PM, Brian Vogel
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Gene
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I'll send a link to the file later this evening. |
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 08:10 PM, Gene wrote:
https://we.tl/t-JCX0qAiTt4- Thanks. Snagged for examination later, probably tomorrow. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Here is a list of the waves folder files. The two "new" ones (Screen Curtain related) aren't really new, as that feature has been around for a while. But they are the ones that were added after the collection of then-new NVDA sounds that Gene gave the link to were in existence. An asterisk precedes those two file names.
browseMode.wav
error.wav
exit.wav
focusMode.wav
* screenCurtainOff.wav
* screenCurtainOn.wav
start.wav
suggestionsClosed.wav
suggestionsOpened.wav
textError.wav
-- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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