It just happened again, again while I was writing. My mother came to
help me again and tried to save my work. Word wouldn't respond. She
tried to exit NVDA mannually, but it wouldn't allow her to do that. She
scanned NVDA with Microsoft Security Essentials but nothing came up. I'm
now using the computer without my Braille Display. I don't understand
why it's doing this to me, but I can't think of any other culprit. It's
brand new. We bought it in February and I've barely used it, partly
because of this issue and partly because of the MUD I've been playing.
But I've had it plugged into my computer via USB almost constantly since
I got it and installed the driver. The computer usually starts up with
it plugged in.


Please, someone, help! I want to solve this problem as soon as possible!
I've had about enough of this and I don't want to sacrifice my Braille
Display just because this is happening!


On 2/05/2016 7:10 AM, Sharni-Lee Ward wrote:

I've mentioned this before, but it's been weeks and I don't know if I

got any more useful help after Joseph said to submit a log entry. Which

given the nature of my problem, I doubt would work.

Since I got my Braille Display in February, NVDA has frozen with

alarming regularity. It hasn't been like previous experiences of the

phenomenon either. I used to occasionally have NVDA freeze, but I could

restart the screen reader with alt+ctrl+n. With this situation, I can't.

NVDA completely stops working. It says nothing. The Braille display's

display remains frozen on whatever was last spoken. I can't restart

NVDA, and sometimes can't even shut down the computer without sighted

help. That's the only way to get things working again—shut down and

restart the computer. I used to only experience this soon after startup,

especially when I tried to activate the snapshot with the experimental

UEB table in it, but now I'm having it happen after the computer's been

going for a while, and it happens on both the normal installation and

the brltbl snapshot. Just now, I had it happen while I was writing in a

document. I was typing merrily away when NVDA stopped reporting letters

and the Braille Display, when I checked it, was only displaying the

first two words I'd typed on that line.

This is getting seriously annoying both for me and my mother, who is my

carer. I don't know what's causing this problem but I have a horrible

feeling it's to do with my Focus 40 Blue, as it didn't happen before I

got it. Can anyone shed some light on this? I want it to stop so my

writing and other activities don't keep getting interrupted.