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NVDA voice profiles are not functioning in latest NVDA after changing synthesizer
Sandesh computer trainer HR
Hi friends,
Seeking your assistance to resolve below NVDA strange problem. I have updated to latest version NVDA. Soon after I have change synthesizer A P 4. Later I have exit the NVDA. While verifying NVDA features. I have reactivated NVDA through short key. Unable to hear the NVDA voice. I have reinstalled NVDA yesterday twice. Still I am unable to listen NVDA voices. With regards, Sandesh HR
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Tony Malykh
That would probably imply that sapi5 eloquence is using some other way of playing generated sounds, other than NVDA's API in tones.py. In this case it would probably be impossible to set its volume in a centralized way. I tested my add-on on MIcrosoft sapi5 voices, OneCore, espeak and non-sapi version of eloquence, and it worked for all of them.
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On 4/21/2020 2:50 PM, John Isige wrote:
At least on my desktop, your addon mentions volume changes, e.g. "NVDA
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
John Isige
At least on my desktop, your addon mentions volume changes, e.g. "NVDA
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volume 60", but my synthesizer volume doesn't change. That's using the SAPI5 version of Eloquence, in case that matters. it seems to apply to all of the SAPI5 voices, but it does change with others, e.g. Microsoft's OneCore. I haven't checked the sounds yet, but I assume if it changes the voice volume, it will affect those as well. I installed the stable version.
On 4/21/2020 16:29, Tony Malykh wrote:
Yes, I wrote an add-on for that - it's called Tony's enhancements.
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Gene
I don’t know why, but using the ring only lowers speech and has no effect
on NVDA sounds. I expected the ring and the dialog setting to do the same
thing, but the settings aren’t identical in what they do.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: John Isige
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's
sounds? Weird!
I'll have to go and try that because I'd think lowering the volume with the synth ring would do the exact same thing. Maybe they are lowered, but if so they're still significantly louder than speech. It's also good to know that with the sound off focus changes will be announced verbally, since I've never messed with that. Thanks all! Oh yeah, I'm watching a video music lesson. Here it is on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1I4Nc9iV0 I'm doing it from their website because I just started paying for all the lessons, but the volume's all the way up. He's just kind of quiet. Other lessons are louder so they're fine. So I can lower speech currently and turn him up and get a good volume, but you have to go into focus mode to start the video playing, and those sounds are louder than everything else. Now I have a couple ways of fixing it, and I'll bet one of them will work. On 4/21/2020 13:24, Gene wrote: > I don’t know if system sounds would have any bearing on the volume of > these sounds, though I doubt it. These aren’t system sounds, they are > NVDA sounds. I tried Rosemary’s suggestion and I found it both lowers > the volume of speech and of the kinds of sounds being asked about so > it appears that will solve the problem. You may want to remember the > current number of the NVDA sounds settings so you can set it to the > same volume again if you wish. > Gene > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chris Mullins <mailto:cjmullins29@...> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:34 PM > *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > *Subject:* Re: [nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's > sounds? > > Hi > > You could try switching off the focus change sounds in NVDA settings, > NVDA will then announce focus changes verbally. Alternatively, you > could turn down System sounds in the Volume Mixer app. > > Cheers > > Chris > > *From: *John Isige <mailto:gwynn@...> > *Sent: *21 April 2020 17:42 > *To: *nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > *Subject: *[nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds? > > Hi all. > > Pretty straightforward question, can it be done? I'm listening to some > > fairly faint videos so I have to crank my volume up. I lower the volume > > of my synth with the ring, but NVDA's sounds, e.g. going in and out of > > focus mode, are still pretty loud in comparison to everything else. I > > suppose I could just turn that sound off if it comes down to it, but I > > figured I'd find out if I'm missing something obvious first. > >
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
It's perfectly OK to give links to Add-Ons, even if you are the author. In this case I'll save Tony the additional effort. From the "official" add-ons page:
Tony's enhancements--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
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Tony Malykh
Yes, I wrote an add-on for that - it's called Tony's enhancements. Once you install it you can adjust NVDA volume by pressing NVDA+Control+PageUp/PageDown.
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--Tony
On 4/21/2020 9:42 AM, John Isige wrote:
Hi all.
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Kevin Cussick
No problem keep smiling.
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On 21/04/2020 21:40, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:
I thought he meant NVDA itself. My mistake.
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Re: Add-On Updater: Is there a way to force it to check for updates?
Kevin Cussick
Hi, nvda tools check for addon updates. if this is not what Your wanting I have miss understood and if so sorry just ignore.
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On 21/04/2020 19:11, Brian Vogel wrote:
Joseph,
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Rosemarie Chavarria
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From: Kevin Cussick via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:38 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
that is not the sounds that is the voice.
On 21/04/2020 17:49, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote: > Hi, John, > > Go to the voice menu with NVDA insert V. You’ll be in the voices menu. > Tab until you hear volume. If it’s at 100 percent, use the left arrow to > lower it. > > Hope this helps. > > Rosemarie > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > *From: *John Isige <mailto:gwynn@...> > *Sent: *Tuesday, April 21, 2020 9:42 AM > *To: *nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > *Subject: *[nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds? > > Hi all. > > Pretty straightforward question, can it be done? I'm listening to some > > fairly faint videos so I have to crank my volume up. I lower the volume > > of my synth with the ring, but NVDA's sounds, e.g. going in and out of > > focus mode, are still pretty loud in comparison to everything else. I > > suppose I could just turn that sound off if it comes down to it, but I > > figured I'd find out if I'm missing something obvious first. > >
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Kevin Cussick
that is not the sounds that is the voice.
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On 21/04/2020 17:49, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:
Hi, John,
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Using WhatsApp on The Computer
Bhavya shah
Dear all,
As the subject line implies, I would like to access WhatsApp on my computer using NVDA. * WhatsApp Web, according to the F123 Access service that used to make it screen reader accessible, is no longger such and F123 Access is now abandonware. * Is WhatsApp for Desktop, the application, accessible with NVDA? Do let me know. I would greatly appreciate any assistance. Thanks. -- Best Regards Bhavya Shah Blogger at Hiking Across Horizons: https://bhavyashah125.wordpress.com/ E-mail Address: bhavya.shah125@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavyashah125/
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
John Isige
Weird! I'll have to go and try that because I'd think lowering the
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volume with the synth ring would do the exact same thing. Maybe they are lowered, but if so they're still significantly louder than speech. It's also good to know that with the sound off focus changes will be announced verbally, since I've never messed with that. Thanks all! Oh yeah, I'm watching a video music lesson. Here it is on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1I4Nc9iV0 I'm doing it from their website because I just started paying for all the lessons, but the volume's all the way up. He's just kind of quiet. Other lessons are louder so they're fine. So I can lower speech currently and turn him up and get a good volume, but you have to go into focus mode to start the video playing, and those sounds are louder than everything else. Now I have a couple ways of fixing it, and I'll bet one of them will work.
On 4/21/2020 13:24, Gene wrote:
I don’t know if system sounds would have any bearing on the volume of
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Re: Add-On Updater: Is there a way to force it to check for updates?
Hi, The latter – ability to check for add-on updates from Add-ons Manager – is something I’ve been working on for years and I haven’t forgotten about it… or that request might be enhanced with something big being discussed (can’t comment on users list at the moment). Cheers, Joseph
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 11:26 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Add-On Updater: Is there a way to force it to check for updates?
Jesse, 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
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Re: Add-On Updater: Is there a way to force it to check for updates?
Jesse,
Thank you very much, and, yes, it helps a lot. I feel really, really foolish when I know I've actually checked that menu, but stopped scanning at the Manage Add-Ons item, and activating it. Having that option in the Tools menu makes perfect sense, but if there is a way to duplicate it via button in the actual Add-Ons Manager settings I think that would be a good idea as well. But I've given myself a big ol' dope slap on this one!! -- 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
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Gene
I don’t know if system sounds would have any bearing on the volume of these
sounds, though I doubt it. These aren’t system sounds, they are NVDA
sounds. I tried Rosemary’s suggestion and I found it both lowers the
volume of speech and of the kinds of sounds being asked about so it appears that
will solve the problem. You may want to remember the current number of the
NVDA sounds settings so you can set it to the same volume again if you
wish.
Gene
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From: Chris Mullins
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's
sounds?
Hi You could try switching off the focus change sounds in NVDA settings, NVDA will then announce focus changes verbally. Alternatively, you could turn down System sounds in the Volume Mixer app.
Cheers Chris From: John
Isige
Hi all.
Pretty straightforward question, can it be done? I'm listening to some fairly faint videos so I have to crank my volume up. I lower the volume of my synth with the ring, but NVDA's sounds, e.g. going in and out of focus mode, are still pretty loud in comparison to everything else. I suppose I could just turn that sound off if it comes down to it, but I figured I'd find out if I'm missing something obvious first.
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Re: Add-On Updater: Is there a way to force it to check for updates?
Jesse Farquharson
Brian, If you open the NVDA menu and navigate to the tools menu, check for addon updates should be at or near the bottom of the list. Hope this helps.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 2:11 PM Brian Vogel <britechguy@...> wrote: Joseph, missing it? If so, would you please describe where it is and how to invoke it?
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Add-On Updater: Is there a way to force it to check for updates?
Joseph,
I believe I've asked you this before, and I apologize for needing to ask again. I have another machine that I just updated from NVDA 2019.2 to NVDA 2019.3.1. I also intentionally removed and reinstalled Add-On Updater. All other extant add-ons are incompatible with 2019.3.1, and I know this. Add-on Updater did activate yesterday, but before I did the 2019.3.1 update to NVDA. I am curious to see what it does with all the incompatible add-ons, but when I invoke NVDA today it is not coming up to check them. I know there is some mechanism that keeps it from checking again for a certain period of time since we've discussed this before. I have looked in settings and the settings specific to Add-on Updater, but I'm not seeing a button or other control that would force it to do a check for updates now. Does such exist, and I'm missing it? If so, would you please describe where it is and how to invoke it? -- 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
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Chris Mullins
Hi You could try switching off the focus change sounds in NVDA settings, NVDA will then announce focus changes verbally. Alternatively, you could turn down System sounds in the Volume Mixer app.
Cheers Chris
From: John Isige
Sent: 21 April 2020 17:42 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Hi all.
Pretty straightforward question, can it be done? I'm listening to some fairly faint videos so I have to crank my volume up. I lower the volume of my synth with the ring, but NVDA's sounds, e.g. going in and out of focus mode, are still pretty loud in comparison to everything else. I suppose I could just turn that sound off if it comes down to it, but I figured I'd find out if I'm missing something obvious first.
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Lino Morales
John are these vids Youtube videos? If so check your volume is up on the page the vids are on.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Rosemarie Chavarria
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:49 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Hi, John,
Go to the voice menu with NVDA insert V. You’ll be in the voices menu. Tab until you hear volume. If it’s at 100 percent, use the left arrow to lower it.
Hope this helps.
Rosemarie
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: John Isige
Hi all.
Pretty straightforward question, can it be done? I'm listening to some fairly faint videos so I have to crank my volume up. I lower the volume of my synth with the ring, but NVDA's sounds, e.g. going in and out of focus mode, are still pretty loud in comparison to everything else. I suppose I could just turn that sound off if it comes down to it, but I figured I'd find out if I'm missing something obvious first.
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Re: Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, John,
Go to the voice menu with NVDA insert V. You’ll be in the voices menu. Tab until you hear volume. If it’s at 100 percent, use the left arrow to lower it.
Hope this helps.
Rosemarie
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: John Isige
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 9:42 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] Is there a way to change the volume of NVDA's sounds?
Hi all.
Pretty straightforward question, can it be done? I'm listening to some fairly faint videos so I have to crank my volume up. I lower the volume of my synth with the ring, but NVDA's sounds, e.g. going in and out of focus mode, are still pretty loud in comparison to everything else. I suppose I could just turn that sound off if it comes down to it, but I figured I'd find out if I'm missing something obvious first.
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