Hi

I was thinking of buying the acapela nvda voices either this month or next month. Are they as good and responsive as codeFactory vocalizer voices? Will they work with nvda 2021.2 and later? Also can I buy in united states dollars, or do I have convert the price from euros to united states dollars first before I buy them? Have any of you had any issues with activation?

Last, are there sapi5 versions of latest acapela voices to buy also, if I want to later on rather than the voices being tied to NVDA?

Josh

Sent from Mail for Windows

Have you tried launching it with narrator running only, if it crashes then this is an adobe issue and should be taken up with the company, if they even care about such things.

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of enes saribas
Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 5:08 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io; nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] adobe reader 64 bit does not work with NVDA

this sequence repeats in the log.

ERROR - RPC process 10084 (Acrobat.exe) (14:56:39.824) - Dummy-1229 (4232):
Thread 8124, build\x86_64\remote\COMProxyRegistration.cpp,
registerCOMProxy, 182:
Unable to register interface IAccessibleHyperlink with proxy stub IAccessible2Proxy.dll, code -2147023156


On 10/7/2021 3:05 PM, enes sarıbaş wrote:

Hi all,

I am running latest windows 10 21h1, with NVDA latest alpha build as
of this writing. Adobe reader 64 bit doesn't work at all. When
clicking on a document, it becomes unresponsive, and exits adobe
reader within 30 seconds with no error message. Is anyone else
experiencing this?

Hi

I was thinking of buying the acapela nvda voices either this month or next month. Are they as good and responsive as codeFactory vocalizer voices? Will they work with nvda 2021.2 and later? Also can I buy in united states dollars, or do I have convert the price from euros to united states dollars first before I buy them? Have any of you had any issues with activation?

Last, are there sapi5 versions of latest acapela voices to buy also, if I want to later on rather than the voices being tied to NVDA?

Josh

Sent from Mail for Windows

There is a well written read me you could access. I don't believe you are
not good at websites, you just need to practice using them, and the site is
very accessible. Everyone is good at navigation as long as the site is
accessible, properly labeled and coded to work well with screen readers.

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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 6:53 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] Need help using TWBlue

Hello,

I'm not very good with web sites. So a little help would be appreciated.
After it starts and log in it says ready and then displays a tree view. How
do I access the tree view? How do I see the tweets from the sites that I am
following?

Thanks,
John

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I’ve had this issue with electron apps as well. I don’t know what causes the issue but it will fix itself after a while.

 

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of hurrikennyandopo ...
Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 2:40 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Browse Mode single letter quick navigation shortcuts

 

Hi Michael,

 

Could I ask also have you tried the following to see if there is a difference.

 

Download a fresh copy of nvda and when you click on it there are 3 options one is to make a portable copy of nvda. Pick this option but also make sure you create a directory called nvda so the files go into it. Then if you know how make a shortcut to the desktop and asign a hot key for it to start it.

 

Or if you do it off a usb stick you will need to click on the nvda.exe file to start it. When it is running then try going back into the browser and see if the problem is fixed.

 

If this is the case then the nvda.ini file might of got corrupted on the installer version.

 

But if you still have the same problem with the fresh copy then it may not be nvda.

 

If it works perfect with a portable copy then I would completely uninstall nvda from the control panel.

 

Then press the windows key + R to bring up the run dialogue then type %appdata% then press the enter key. You will be given a list of folders with settings in them delete  the nvda one then close that screen.

 

From the fresh copy of nvda then reinstall nvda to the computer.

 

The other option is in cases resetting snvda to factory defaults will do the trick. But make sure when you do this and start up nvda you get the message where you can pick your layout having nvda start at startup etc. You will know it has been done correctly if you see that message.

 

 

If none of the above work it might be a good idea to disable all add ons and see if that fixes the problem.

 

To do that when you close nvda with nvda key + Q when you tab there is a combo box arrow down to disable all add ons then tab to ok then press the enter key. If that does the trick then it might be a matter of seeing which add on is doing it then remove it.

 

 

Gene nz

 

On 8/10/2021 8:38 am, Mike Adams wrote:

> What is happening is nvda not changing to browse mode? in a web page?

Correct

> Is there some thing else grabbing the focus and you are stuck in focus mode?

It will read web pages, it will follow the mouse pointer, it will follow the tab key through links. But if i press H, X, 1 or any letter it just repeats the letter pressed back to me. It makes it frustrating to jump forward for our blind student in his known web pages (eg GMail in HTML mode)

> Is it only in the one browser or all of the browsers or nvda is saying unknown down on the running applications area.

All browsers though we use Chrome and Firefox with the blind student.

> I guess the first thing I would try is running the Run COM Registration Fixing tool... under the tools section in nvda and follow the directions.

Done, no change

> After that is done shut down the computer then start it up again and see if that fixes the problem.

Done, no change

> There have been updates in the nvda 2021.2 release for this tool so make sure you have this version of nvda.

I had and have. 

> We wil see if it makes a difference.

Sorry, none

> Gene nz

I saw, at least a year ago, a reference to a webpage that suggested making setup changes in Windows 10 to make it more NVDA friendly. I can no longer find that reference or the page. I'm sure it had a list of about 10 settings/registry changes/services that could be tweaked. We were still running Windows server 2012 at that time, and NVDA was behaving well. It has never worked correctly on this desktop.

 

Michael, Napier, Hawkes Bay

 

On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 15:06, hurrikennyandopo ... <hurrikennyandopo@...> wrote:

Hi

 

What is happening is nvda not changing to browse mode? in a web page?

 

Is there some thing else grabbing the focus and you are stuck in focus mode?

 

Is it only in the one browser or all of the browsers or nvda is saying unknown down on the running applications area.

 

I guess the first thing I would try is running the Run COM Registration Fixing tool... under the tools section in nvda and follow the directions.

 

After that is done shut down the computer then start it up again and see if that fixes the problem.

 

There have been updates in the nvda 2021.2 release for this tool so make sure you have this version of nvda.

 

We wil see if it makes a difference.

 

Gene nz

 

On 5/10/2021 1:53 pm, Mike Adams wrote:

NVDA Browse mode single letter quick navigation shortcuts (H for heading X for checkbox etc.) do not work on this computer. I remember coming across an online page which recommended settings for Windows 10, to make this work, but I have not found that page since. Anyone remember the page I am talking about?

 

Using:

Current NVDA + previous version

Windows 10 Pro V: 20H2 Build: 19042.1165

Windows is maintained by an external company, but I have good coms with them.

Hi Michael,

Could I ask also have you tried the following to see if there is a difference.

Download a fresh copy of nvda and when you click on it there are 3 options one is to make a portable copy of nvda. Pick this option but also make sure you create a directory called nvda so the files go into it. Then if you know how make a shortcut to the desktop and asign a hot key for it to start it.

Or if you do it off a usb stick you will need to click on the nvda.exe file to start it. When it is running then try going back into the browser and see if the problem is fixed.

If this is the case then the nvda.ini file might of got corrupted on the installer version.

But if you still have the same problem with the fresh copy then it may not be nvda.

If it works perfect with a portable copy then I would completely uninstall nvda from the control panel.

Then press the windows key + R to bring up the run dialogue then type %appdata% then press the enter key. You will be given a list of folders with settings in them delete  the nvda one then close that screen.

From the fresh copy of nvda then reinstall nvda to the computer.

The other option is in cases resetting snvda to factory defaults will do the trick. But make sure when you do this and start up nvda you get the message where you can pick your layout having nvda start at startup etc. You will know it has been done correctly if you see that message.

If none of the above work it might be a good idea to disable all add ons and see if that fixes the problem.

To do that when you close nvda with nvda key + Q when you tab there is a combo box arrow down to disable all add ons then tab to ok then press the enter key. If that does the trick then it might be a matter of seeing which add on is doing it then remove it.

Gene nz

> What is happening is nvda not changing to browse mode? in a web page?

Correct

> Is there some thing else grabbing the focus and you are stuck in focus mode?

It will read web pages, it will follow the mouse pointer, it will follow the tab key through links. But if i press H, X, 1 or any letter it just repeats the letter pressed back to me. It makes it frustrating to jump forward for our blind student in his known web pages (eg GMail in HTML mode)

> Is it only in the one browser or all of the browsers or nvda is saying unknown down on the running applications area.

All browsers though we use Chrome and Firefox with the blind student.

> I guess the first thing I would try is running the Run COM Registration Fixing tool... under the tools section in nvda and follow the directions.

Done, no change

> After that is done shut down the computer then start it up again and see if that fixes the problem.

Done, no change

> There have been updates in the nvda 2021.2 release for this tool so make sure you have this version of nvda.

I had and have. 

> We wil see if it makes a difference.

Sorry, none

> Gene nz

I saw, at least a year ago, a reference to a webpage that suggested making setup changes in Windows 10 to make it more NVDA friendly. I can no longer find that reference or the page. I'm sure it had a list of about 10 settings/registry changes/services that could be tweaked. We were still running Windows server 2012 at that time, and NVDA was behaving well. It has never worked correctly on this desktop.

 

Michael, Napier, Hawkes Bay

 

On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 15:06, hurrikennyandopo ... <hurrikennyandopo@...> wrote:

Hi

 

What is happening is nvda not changing to browse mode? in a web page?

 

Is there some thing else grabbing the focus and you are stuck in focus mode?

 

Is it only in the one browser or all of the browsers or nvda is saying unknown down on the running applications area.

 

I guess the first thing I would try is running the Run COM Registration Fixing tool... under the tools section in nvda and follow the directions.

 

After that is done shut down the computer then start it up again and see if that fixes the problem.

 

There have been updates in the nvda 2021.2 release for this tool so make sure you have this version of nvda.

 

We wil see if it makes a difference.

 

Gene nz

 

On 5/10/2021 1:53 pm, Mike Adams wrote:

NVDA Browse mode single letter quick navigation shortcuts (H for heading X for checkbox etc.) do not work on this computer. I remember coming across an online page which recommended settings for Windows 10, to make this work, but I have not found that page since. Anyone remember the page I am talking about?

 

Using:

Current NVDA + previous version

Windows 10 Pro V: 20H2 Build: 19042.1165

Windows is maintained by an external company, but I have good coms with them.

Hi all,

I am running latest windows 10 21h1, with NVDA latest alpha build as
of this writing. Adobe reader 64 bit doesn't work at all. When
clicking on a document, it becomes unresponsive, and exits adobe
reader within 30 seconds with no error message. Is anyone else
experiencing this?

 OK, my point exactly, though I saved the configuration with NVDA+CONTROL+c, then just restarting NVDA, the device I told NVDA  to use is again NOT selected but Microsoft sound mapper which I DO NOT WANT. The device is running because my computer doesn't take power from the device since it is plugged into a powered hub, but NVDA insists on using sound mapper.

So, as I'd mentioned if I am recording off the net through Edge and redirecting it to virtual cable line one which with edge is using Microsoft sound mapper, restart NVDA for any reason, it reverts to sound mapper and any speech then gets recorded, destroying any recording I've done with what my synthesizer is saying.

No thanks, :) and I then need to start the recording all over, etc.

btw I hadn't seen other replies to  this message, just Quentin's, thank you.

and I discovered, that "unmute audio" add-on has a configuration which resets to original device"

so that was the culpritt.

Gene,

 

Making a change to any of NVDA's settings and pressing the OK (or apply) button, simply changes the current setting, but does not save the change.  NVDA by default is set to save its configuration on exit, and as long as NVDA exits normally (eg it doesn't crash) that should be fine.  If you have turned that setting off though, you will need to save your configuration manually by pressing NVDA+control+c.

The original poster mentioned they had saved with NVDA+control+c so this seems like a different issue.  FWIW, I just went into NVDA's synthesizer settings, changed my output device, saved and restarted NVDA and it came up using the output device I had changed to, so that seems to work as advertised.  For Curtis - If NVDA is starting on system startup, I wonder if it could be that the device you are intending to use isn't ready yet and that is why it falls back to the Microsoft Sound mapper?  If you make the change, save settings and then restart NVDA, what sound device is selected?  If that works then it might be the device not being ready on system startup, although I can't think of a workaround for that offhand.

 

Quentin.

 

On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 10:08 AM Gene <gsasner@...> wrote:

Are you using the select synthesizer dialog in NVDA to make the change?  Are you selecting what you want to be used and then activating the ok button?  If so, and if the change isn’t retained, there is a problem but I’m not sure what it is.  The function should work properly.

 

Gene

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

From: Curtis Delzer

Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2021 5:56 PM

To: nvda@nvda.groups.io

Subject: [nvda] why, oh why?

 

When I save my configuration, and tell my preferred synthesizer to use a
particular sound card, save the configuration by hitting nvda-control-c,
then even ask NVDA to use this configuration when the computer boots,
etc. and then reload NVDA, I still get "microsoft sound mapper," what am
I doing wrong?

I DO NOT ALWAYS wish sound mapper, I wish only my particular sound
device to be used. Here's an example;

If ms sound mapper is used, if I am recording a remote broadcast and
routing it to let's say line one of virtual audio cable, that is also
Microsoft's sound mapper since that is from where the remote broadcast
comes in through Edge, right?

So if I tell NVDA to only use my sound card, why oh why is not that part
of the saved configuration? I ONLY WISH NVDA to use what I tell it too,
not to re-do sound mapper.

How many times does windows' figure they know more than we do?


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