There is a folder called waves.  The new sounds are just other wave files.  They are placed in a folder with the same name in the same location as the old waves file now is.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
*From:* brice Mijares <mailto:bmijares33@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 8:57 AM
*To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Subject:* Re: [nvda] New NVDA sounds
I'm running a installed version. They are still in my downloaded folder.
Are you saying they go where all the Windows event wav
  sounds are?
On 4/17/2020 6:45 AM, Gene wrote:
> they were originally supposed to be incorporated into NVDA as a part
> of the program.  There is therefore no explanation of how to replace
> the old files with the new.
> It may depend on whether you are running an installed or a portable
> version of the program, where you would put the files.  I’ll write
> more about the portable version if people are interested in another
> message but you either back up the original waves folder or delete it,
> create another folder called waves and place the files in that or, if
> the download you got has the files already in a folder called waves,
> paste that folder in the same place as the old waves folder was.
> That’s true of both the installed and portable versions but the waves
> folder may be in a different place, I’m not sure.
> To backup the old waves file, change its name to something like waves
> old, that’s all you have to do.  You can leave the folder where it is.
> Gene
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* brice Mijares <mailto:bmijares33@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 7:37 AM
> *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
> *Subject:* Re: [nvda] New NVDA sounds
> I'd also like to know.  There should have been a text file stating what
> to do with them.
>
> On 4/17/2020 5:29 AM, Akshaya Choudhary wrote:
> > Hello!
> > How do I install/use these sounds?
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Sociohack
> >
>
>
>

Also, does anyone know what particular flavor of regex does NVDA use? I noticed it parentheses are treated differently than I am used to and ^ doesnt seem to match beginning of string.

Like if I have regex ^ foo^foo, it will match foo even if it isnt at beginning of the line.

Houdy folks,
Thanks for coming through for me over the weekend with my friend's computer issue.  The fixes are in place, and everything is as it should be on that score. Now I've got one of my own that's got me baffled. Here's what's going down.
  I had some hardware repairs done on my desktop just before we were all thrown into chaos. Everything was fixed internally and all's gravy on that side of the ledger.  However, there is a strange thing going on with Microsoft's Sapi 5 voices and NVDA that's got me scratching my head.  Please bare with me as I try to explain this because it's a new one on me.
When I initially log on to enter my password, the proper voice that I use which is neospeech Paul comes on as it should. However, now this is where things get dicey. Once past the log on screen the Sapi 5 voices loose all functionality, and I have to switch to the windows one core voices for things to function in somewhat of a proper manner. I've tried all of the tricks that I know to put things right, but nothing works.
I wouldn't normally put up a fuss about it, because I can use the one core voices just fine for most tasks.  however, Some of the games that I play to help keep me sane during this crazy time that we're living in like chess, and cribbage  also use the Microsoft Sapi 5 voices, and they've all been compromised as well. What's happened, and does anyone have a fix for this strange issue? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks much and everyone stay safe.
Tony

Sascha,

          Yep.  Typo.

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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1909, Build 18363  

Science has become just another voice in the room; it has lost its platform.  Now, you simply declare your own truth.

      ~ Dr. Paul A. Offit, in New York Times article, How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold in the United States, September 23, 2019

 

 

Sam,

          I would do this using the speech dictionary and a regular expression for the item.  If I am safe in assuming that the thing with the prime in front of it will always be a single letter, preceded by a space, and you are not using single quotes to enclose phrases (at least not commonly), then try this:

1. NVDA+P,D,D  to open NVDA Preferences, Speech Dictionaries, Default Dictionary
2. Activate the Add Button
3. In pattern, place the following:  ([a-zA-z])'
4. In replacement, place the following:  \1 prime
5. In comment make whatever note you'd like, I said mathematical prime
6. Don't check the case insensitive checkbox.
7. Activate the Regular Expression radio button.

If you do use single quotes frequently to enclose phrases, e.g., 'this phrase enclosed with single quotes,' I can try to get more sophisticated and use lookback in the regular expression to avoid instance for single quoted phrases.   As the regular expression I gave is currently constructed, it will match only a single character that's a lowercase or uppercase letter followed by the prime single quote.

I tested this in Notepad and its working.

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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1909, Build 18363  

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

       ~ Madonna

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Joseph Lee

To: nvda@nvda.groups.io

Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:11 PM

Subject: [nvda] OCR version 2, compatible with NVDA 2019.3 or later #AddonRelease

Hello everyone,

 

The following is applicable for fans of old OCR Add-on (compatible with Windows 7 and 8.x): a code contributor to NVDA is now maintaining the beloved add-on, which is now compatible with NVDA 2019.3. More information can be found at:

https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/ocr

 

Note that this add-on is not applicable to Windows 10 users, as Windows 10 contains OCR functionality.

Cheers,

Joseph

Jackie,

What follows is not aimed personally, but yours is an example of something
I'm trying to cut down on.

For those who have additions to a topic they previously started, and that
topic was started within the last several days, please post those additions
on the original topic.  Using a new subject line splits the second topic out
from the first, and those following a topic will generally keep reading any
time a new message comes through in regard to it.

So if, for instance, you start a topic requesting help on a specific thing,
entitled, "Help with {specific thing}", that you later find a solution for
yourself, please do not post a separate topic, "Solved: Help with {specific
thing}."   Just add your solved message to the end of the ongoing topic,
"Help with {specific thing}.  It keeps all information related to a specific
instance of a specific issue bundled up in one tidy package, which is really
helpful for those searching the archive in the future.

I have already merged this back into the original topic, Tip for canceling
an Amazon subscription using NVDA & Windows 10
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Brian *-* Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1909, Build 18363

*Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.*

~ Madonna

I have not done an NVDA Uninstall/Reinstall sequence in quite a while, though I have to believe what occurs during an upgrade is its equivalent, as the old NVDA is uninstalled and the new one installed in its place.  In that case, any user profile(s) you created and any add-ons you have are retained and ready to rock and roll in the newly installed new version of NVDA.

Does this work the same way if you manually uninstall NVDA and then reinstall it?  I have often done this sort of thing for Firefox and other programs where I know it is only the program itself, and not the associated user data in the form of profile(s) and extension(s)/add-on(s), that is removed.

Does the NVDA uninstaller behave in the same way, leaving the user data intact, when it's not doing an in-place upgrade from one version to the next?
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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1909, Build 18363  

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

       ~ Madonna