Add-on Updater 20.10 released, a few notes about upcoming add-on releases
#addonrelease
Hello everyone,
Add-on Updater 20.10 is now available. In addition to preparing for future NVDA releases, this version will now check for updates to Zoom Enhancements add-on. As always, you can check for Add-on Updater updates with Add-on Updater (no pun intended).
Additional notes on other add-ons:
Cheers, Joseph
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NVDA 2020.3 Beta 3 now available
Quentin Christensen
Good morning everyone, NVDA 2020.3 beta 3 is now available for testing. Changes from earlier betas include VS Code improvements, updated translations, Handy Tech Active Braille fixes and audio fixes with Microsoft Sound Mapper and SAPI 5. Read more and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2020-3beta3/ Kind regards Quentin. Quentin Christensen Training and Support Manager Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess Twitter: @NVAccess
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Re: Changing Language Back To english!
Tony Ballou
Hi Thomas,
Lol, had the exact same thing happen to me about 6 weeks ago. Here’s how to fix things. Kudo’s to Jackie for this fix.
1) Press NVDA+ctrl+g to access the general settings dialog. 2) At this point, you're in a dropdown list. Hit home, then type e for english. 3) Shift tab twice to 'apply' & activate the button. 4) You'll be asked to restart. If you hit enter, NVDA will restart & your changes should take effect permanently.
Hope this helps
Tony
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Re: Changing Language Back To english!
NVDA+N,P,S [NVDA Menu, Preferences, Settings]
The General Settings Pane is what will open first, and the first item in that pane is NVDA Language, which is typically "User default," by default, and is based on the language used on your computer by Windows. It's a dropdown from which you can pick any one of many languages. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041 It’s hard waking up and realizing it’s not always black and white.
~ Kelley Boorn
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Re: Changing Language Back To english!
Gene
Before doing anything else, use the command control NVDA key r. Unless you have closed the program, the setting hasn't been permanently saved and this will revert the program to settings that you were using previously.
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If you have already closed the program and reopened it, I'll write out instructions after asking a question or two. Gene
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From: Thomas E Williamson, Senior Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 6:43 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] Changing Language Back To english! Hello, How do I change the language back to english, I did something in the menus, and changed it by accident. Thanks! Thomas.
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Changing Language Back To english!
Thomas E Williamson, Senior
Hello,
How do I change the language back to english, I did
something in the menus, and changed it by accident.
Thanks!
Thomas.
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Re: Fluent Reader: a feature-rich and accessible Windows RSS reader
David Griffith
I don’t know what I am doing wrong but all I seem to be able to do is get up a list of my feeds with no way to access the Feed articles with this app. Pressing enter or space on the feed does not deliver any results nor does pressing the tab key. Using the arrow keys simply allow me to review the list of the feeds. Pressing F6 does not deliver and whilst the menus are accessible they do not appear to allow me to do anything beyond things like setting full screen view. I have tried object screen and document review but again no joy. Does anybody know how you actually read anything with this app? David G. Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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When auto-language switching fails
I have a question for all you bilingual folks. I'm learning Spanish and entering now my fourth quarter and have moved from beginner to intermediate.
If I use JAWS and when a website, assignment or test doesn't have the correct markup for automatic language switching, I can issue the keystroke Control-Windows-L to have JAWS change the synthesizer language.
But I am not finding any feature in NVDA that does the same thing. I can certainly go to preferences and Speech and make changes there, but I'm often reading things in Spanish with instructions or explanations in English. And I prefer the Braille support NVDA gives me with Spanish. Is there an easier way to switch synthesizer languages on the fly?
I previously used the switch synth add-on before NVDA moved to Python 3. But I removed all my add-ons to make the upgrade easier, and then just installed Braille extender. Is that switch Synth add-on still the easiest or the only way to do this? And are my only choices for free Spanish voices the Microsoft and the Espeak Spanish voices?
Thanks for the help.
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Re: Mostly used media player with NVDA
JM Casey
Yeah, but..it's a media player; do they really have to "go anywhere"? lol
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Not that many new non-streaming media formats under the sun, for audio at least. Winamp as a video player isn't very robust.
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Hope Williamson Sent: September 24, 2020 11:29 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Mostly used media player with NVDA I use Foobar myself. I used Winamp for a while but it didn't seem like it was going anywhere. On 9/23/2020 8:53 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote: I use winamp for a lot of things but my chip formats have not changed
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latest driver updates
Hi all, just to notify you that today I recieved driver update from hp for my firmware.
Before that windows 2004 seemed to be causing my cpu to spike, waterfox and some programs crashed a lot, etc. After I got the update, windows would boot twice though still boot. To fix it on your hp do the following. 1. power off and unplug all cords from ports including the power. push and hold the power button for at least 15-20 seconds. release. power back on. after the system starts plug in power, plug in everything else. Its not been restarting twice and things are not being stupid anymore.
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Re: Fluent Reader: a feature-rich and accessible Windows RSS reader
Amir
Greetings. Like Fluent Reader, Raven Reader is an Electron app. As such, it's also quite accessible -- even a bit more than Fluent Reader I'd say. It's also a good podcast player and can play podcast-oriented items as we open them. Its website is https://ravenreader.app
I've also opened a few issues for Raven Reader on its Github page -- please take a look: https://github.com/hello-efficiency-inc/raven-reader Best, Amir
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Re: NVDA Speech delay after Computer is Idle
Betsy Grenevitch
have seen that too but thought it was just because my laptop is older. I am using Windows 10 and the version of NVDA right before the beta as far as I know. It does not always happen but happens frequently.
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On 9/24/2020 8:00 AM, Mária Orovčíková wrote:
Hello list, --
Betsy Grenevitch 678-862-3876
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Navigating Microsoft Edge Favourites
Louise Pfau
Hi. I can navigate to the Microsoft Edge favourites treeview with NVDA, but not within it using the ARROW keys. I activated focus mode by pressing ENTER on the treeview, which is described as clickable, but nothing happened. I was able to navigate within the treeview using JAWS 16, and forms mode was autoactivated when I navigated to the treeview. I can't navigate within the listbiew that opens up when you activate a treeview choice with JAWS, but I can with NVDA. I'm running the latest versions of Microsoft Edge and Windows 10.
Thanks, Louise
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Re: NVDA Speech delay after Computer is Idle
Well, there are standard things that can be done, and I do 'em in this order, stopping if/when the issue subsides:
1. Uninstall NVDA and then reinstall from a freshly downloaded copy of the installer. 2. Run the COM registration fixing tool. 3. Restart NVDA with add-ons disabled. 4. If number three works, disabling all add-ons, then reenabling one by one until the issue recurs to determine which is the problem. Some people do literally one at a time, disabling all others, while others start with one and, if there's no problem, enabling the next. There is also what Joseph mentioned as far as power saving, but that does make no sense if the machine is playing music continuously and NVDA isn't just there when called upon. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041 It’s hard waking up and realizing it’s not always black and white.
~ Kelley Boorn
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Re: NVDA Speech delay after Computer is Idle
I don't see how. If he is playing music and the music is up and still playing but nvda takes a few seconds or minutes more to speak, somethingn else is up. -- Sarah Alawami, owner of TFFP. . For more info go to our website. Check out my adventures with a shadow machine. to subscribe to the feed click here and you can also follow us on twitter Our discord is where you will know when we go live on twitch. Feel free to give the channel a follow and see what is up there. For stream archives, products you can buy and more visit my main lbry page and my tffp lbry page You will also be able to buy some of my products and eBooks there. Finally, to become a patron and help support the podcast go here
On 24 Sep 2020, at 9:15, Brian Vogel wrote:
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Re: NVDA Speech delay after Computer is Idle
Hi,
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Don't tell me this is the sound card hardware/driver combo working to put the sound card itself to sleep... Does this happen if you use a different speaker or a headset hardware other than the one that comes with your computer? Cheers, Joseph
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mária Orovcíková Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 9:34 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA Speech delay after Computer is Idle No, the computer has never been put into sleep mode, I have all these functions and screensaver disabled. Maria On 24. 9. 2020 18:15, Brian Vogel wrote: Has the computer gone to sleep? You make no mention of that, but if
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Re: NVDA Speech delay after Computer is Idle
Mária Orovčíková
No, the computer has never been put into sleep mode, I have all these functions and screensaver disabled.
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Maria
On 24. 9. 2020 18:15, Brian Vogel wrote:
Has the computer gone to sleep? You make no mention of that, but if it has been put into sleep mode due to inactivity it does take a few moments for everything to "come back to life" again. Some things will come back to life before others do.
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Re: NVDA Speech delay after Computer is Idle
Has the computer gone to sleep? You make no mention of that, but if it has been put into sleep mode due to inactivity it does take a few moments for everything to "come back to life" again. Some things will come back to life before others do.
-- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041 It’s hard waking up and realizing it’s not always black and white.
~ Kelley Boorn
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Re: Fluent Reader: a feature-rich and accessible Windows RSS reader
Akash Kakkar
Raven-Reader? How's the accessibility status?
On 9/24/2020 2:18 AM, Amir wrote:
<LOL>! On the contrary, I think you are too modernistic to accept clients for RSS -- or perhaps email. But personally speaking, I find the web interface for access to RSS feeds quite time-consuming and rather disconcerting, and I can say the same thing about Gmail's web interface when it comes to email. Now as far as RSS is concerned, getting Miniflux, for instance, to display the full content of an article is more time-consuming than doing it in Fluent Reader or Raven-Reader -- another RSS client I'm testing. With that said, I do understand people have different tastes or needs.
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Re: Fluent Reader: a feature-rich and accessible Windows RSS reader
Akash Kakkar
Ya, Thunderbird's RSS feature is quite lame. I've used it in the past but didn't like it at all. quite buggy
and feature less.
On 9/23/2020 6:13 PM, rowen brian
wrote:
Hi, Akash,
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