-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marilyn and Don Bilderback
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 10:22 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA Not Talking

When NVDA first starts you are able to use Narrator to set up things. I found this out just days ago. The real problem once NVDA is installed is getting into the synthesizer settings and choose one you want and pick a voice. Then there are settings which you need to set before you get to the end and press OK
In actual use the setting for talking is set to none at start up until you tell it different. Good Luck.
Marilyn

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of John Isige
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 10:18 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA Not Talking

Also, you might have speech mode set to beeps somehow, that's what the high-pitched noise makes me think of. Hit NVDA-s, and speech mode will toggle between talk, beeps, and off.


My other thought is that NVDA is picking another sound card/device that's not what you're listening through. If you've got another sound device with an output hooked up, some USB microphones have headphone jacks for example, try hooking up to that and see if NVDA's coming through it. If so, you can hit ctrl-NVDA-s to get into the synthesizer settings, and change the sound device from in there.


On 1/25/2022 11:03 PM, Jackie wrote:

Hi, Steven. Just because there's speech at logon does not mean there
will be speech once the computer has started. Both options need to be
checked in 'Preferences > Settings > General'. Specifically:
"Start NVDA after I sign in" needs to be checked.

On 1/25/22, Steven Hicks <hickser@...> wrote:

Hi friends,



I Have installed the latest NVDA on my laptop.

When I start up, there is speech at the logon screen but after
logging on, there is nothing at all, no speech.

During the installation, there was no speech either which seems quite odd.

If I load up JAWS then I can use the NVDA+N and it would appear that
NVDA is running.

I Use NVDA+Q and JAWS will read the NVDA quit screen but again, there
is no speech from NVDA itself.

When I type, there is a high pitched sound for some reason until I
unload NVDA.

I Tried uninstalling NVDA and re-installing but the same thing seems
to have happened afterwards.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

Hi friends,

 

I Have installed the latest NVDA on my laptop.

When I start up, there is speech at the logon screen but after logging on, there is nothing at all, no speech.

During the installation, there was no speech either which seems quite odd.

If I load up JAWS then I can use the NVDA+N and it would appear that NVDA is running.

I Use NVDA+Q and JAWS will read the NVDA quit screen but again, there is no speech from NVDA itself.

When I type, there is a high pitched sound for some reason until I unload NVDA.

I Tried uninstalling NVDA and re-installing but the same thing seems to have happened afterwards.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of John Isige
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 10:18 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA Not Talking

Also, you might have speech mode set to beeps somehow, that's what the high-pitched noise makes me think of. Hit NVDA-s, and speech mode will toggle between talk, beeps, and off.


My other thought is that NVDA is picking another sound card/device that's not what you're listening through. If you've got another sound device with an output hooked up, some USB microphones have headphone jacks for example, try hooking up to that and see if NVDA's coming through it. If so, you can hit ctrl-NVDA-s to get into the synthesizer settings, and change the sound device from in there.


On 1/25/2022 11:03 PM, Jackie wrote:

Hi, Steven. Just because there's speech at logon does not mean there
will be speech once the computer has started. Both options need to be
checked in 'Preferences > Settings > General'. Specifically:
"Start NVDA after I sign in" needs to be checked.

On 1/25/22, Steven Hicks <hickser@...> wrote:

Hi friends,



I Have installed the latest NVDA on my laptop.

When I start up, there is speech at the logon screen but after
logging on, there is nothing at all, no speech.

During the installation, there was no speech either which seems quite odd.

If I load up JAWS then I can use the NVDA+N and it would appear that
NVDA is running.

I Use NVDA+Q and JAWS will read the NVDA quit screen but again, there
is no speech from NVDA itself.

When I type, there is a high pitched sound for some reason until I
unload NVDA.

I Tried uninstalling NVDA and re-installing but the same thing seems
to have happened afterwards.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

Hi friends,

 

I Have installed the latest NVDA on my laptop.

When I start up, there is speech at the logon screen but after logging on, there is nothing at all, no speech.

During the installation, there was no speech either which seems quite odd.

If I load up JAWS then I can use the NVDA+N and it would appear that NVDA is running.

I Use NVDA+Q and JAWS will read the NVDA quit screen but again, there is no speech from NVDA itself.

When I type, there is a high pitched sound for some reason until I unload NVDA.

I Tried uninstalling NVDA and re-installing but the same thing seems to have happened afterwards.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

 

 

From: Steven Hicks
Sent: January 25, 2022 8:58 PM
To: NVDA@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] NVDA Not Talking

 

Hi friends,

 

I Have installed the latest NVDA on my laptop.

When I start up, there is speech at the logon screen but after logging on, there is nothing at all, no speech.

During the installation, there was no speech either which seems quite odd.

If I load up JAWS then I can use the NVDA+N and it would appear that NVDA is running.

I Use NVDA+Q and JAWS will read the NVDA quit screen but again, there is no speech from NVDA itself.

When I type, there is a high pitched sound for some reason until I unload NVDA.

I Tried uninstalling NVDA and re-installing but the same thing seems to have happened afterwards.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

 

 

On 1/25/2022 11:03 PM, Jackie wrote:

Hi, Steven. Just because there's speech at logon does not mean there
will be speech once the computer has started. Both options need to be
checked in 'Preferences > Settings > General'. Specifically:
"Start NVDA after I sign in" needs to be checked.

On 1/25/22, Steven Hicks <hickser@...> wrote:

Hi friends,



I Have installed the latest NVDA on my laptop.

When I start up, there is speech at the logon screen but after logging on,
there is nothing at all, no speech.

During the installation, there was no speech either which seems quite odd.

If I load up JAWS then I can use the NVDA+N and it would appear that NVDA
is
running.

I Use NVDA+Q and JAWS will read the NVDA quit screen but again, there is no
speech from NVDA itself.

When I type, there is a high pitched sound for some reason until I unload
NVDA.

I Tried uninstalling NVDA and re-installing but the same thing seems to
have
happened afterwards.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

On 1/25/22, Steven Hicks <hickser@...> wrote:

Hi friends,



I Have installed the latest NVDA on my laptop.

When I start up, there is speech at the logon screen but after logging on,
there is nothing at all, no speech.

During the installation, there was no speech either which seems quite odd.

If I load up JAWS then I can use the NVDA+N and it would appear that NVDA
is
running.

I Use NVDA+Q and JAWS will read the NVDA quit screen but again, there is no
speech from NVDA itself.

When I type, there is a high pitched sound for some reason until I unload
NVDA.

I Tried uninstalling NVDA and re-installing but the same thing seems to
have
happened afterwards.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 8:09 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing teams alerts

This sounds like the same kind of problem that exists in Chrome browsers. It doesn't matter what window you are in, if you are downloading a file, download progress messages are announced. There needs to be a way for screen-readers to turn off forced speech. I don't know the various ways speech can be forced but screen-readers should have ways to stop it that the user can control.


Gene

On 1/25/2022 9:53 PM, Sharad Koirala wrote:

hi,

for the sighted folks, the alerts are shown only when they are in the
teams window, but for us it is spoken even when we are in the
powerpoint window..
and thats where the problem comes.

thanks.

On 1/22/22, Martin J. Dürst <duerst@...> wrote:

On 2022-01-22 12:24, Gene via groups.io wrote:

There is no reason to believe sighted people get tired of seeing it.
They can ignore the display if they want. Sight is not necessarily
analogous to sound. A stock ticker on a web page, if a
screen-=-reader constantly speaks the updates would be so
distracting and interfere so much with listening to other content
that the page couldn't be used. A sighted person can simply not look at the ticker.

That's true to a very large extent. But sighted people are quite
sensitive to visual movement. So if the stock ticker is mostly not
changing, there's not much distraction. But if it's changing all the
time, and especially if it's changing strongly or in unexpected ways,
then it can be really quite distracting.

Regards, Martin.

On 1/25/2022 9:53 PM, Sharad Koirala wrote:

hi,

for the sighted folks, the alerts are shown only when they are in the
teams window, but for us it is spoken even when we are in the
powerpoint window..
and thats where the problem comes.

thanks.

On 1/22/22, Martin J. Dürst <duerst@...> wrote:

On 2022-01-22 12:24, Gene via groups.io wrote:

There is no reason to believe sighted people get tired of seeing it.
They can ignore the display if they want.  Sight is not necessarily
analogous to sound.  A stock ticker on a web page, if a screen-=-reader
constantly speaks the updates would be so distracting and interfere so
much with listening to other content that the page couldn't be used.  A
sighted person can simply not look at the ticker.

That's true to a very large extent. But sighted people are quite
sensitive to visual movement. So if the stock ticker is mostly not
changing, there's not much distraction. But if it's changing all the
time, and especially if it's changing strongly or in unexpected ways,
then it can be really quite distracting.

Regards, Martin.

On 1/22/22, Martin J. Dürst <duerst@...> wrote:

On 2022-01-22 12:24, Gene via groups.io wrote:

There is no reason to believe sighted people get tired of seeing it.
They can ignore the display if they want.  Sight is not necessarily
analogous to sound.  A stock ticker on a web page, if a screen-=-reader
constantly speaks the updates would be so distracting and interfere so
much with listening to other content that the page couldn't be used.  A
sighted person can simply not look at the ticker.

That's true to a very large extent. But sighted people are quite
sensitive to visual movement. So if the stock ticker is mostly not
changing, there's not much distraction. But if it's changing all the
time, and especially if it's changing strongly or in unexpected ways,
then it can be really quite distracting.

Regards, Martin.

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:47 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] ZOOM PRO: CAN'T SHARE SCREEN

 

Gene, thank you so much!

 

Logging into the Zoom Website itself, I found that screen sharing had been disabled.

 

I can stop panicking now. LOL

Thanks again.

 

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:22 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] ZOOM PRO: CAN'T SHARE SCREEN

 

Adendum: The meeting two weeks ago where I was able to share my screen used a free Zoom account. It’s using a pro account where I can’t seem to find any controls to share my screen.

 

What could be different between free and paid that would cause this?

 

From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 10:43 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] ZOOM PRO: CAN'T SHARE SCREEN

 

Please help! I can't find the button to share my screen during Zoom meetings!

I had no trouble doing this in the last two weeks, although I don’t recall the exact date when I last shared my screen.

 

I'm running the latest zoom under Windows 10 with NVDA. I have a Pro account, and I am the host of the meeting.

 

Before, I would simply press ALT+S and then specify what I wanted to share. But pressing ALT+S seems to do nothing now, and tabbing through the meeting controls does not take me to a Share Screen button.

 

I can't seem to find anything in my local settings or the meeting scheduling options that would affect screen sharing either.

I'm stumped, and I am giving an important presentation in two days time to sighted people, demonstrating how I navigate a Website using a screenreader.

 

Any help gratefully received.

 

Chris

P.S. I’ve also checked in Settings in both the Hotkeys and Accessibility categories, and nothing seems amiss there either.

On 1/25/2022 3:49 PM, Don H wrote:

Yes there are setting under the code factory entery under settings.
Same screen where you download more voices.  Nothing in the settings
here fixes the issue of saying capital.

On 1/25/2022 3:44 PM, Gene wrote:

There is a way to open settings for the add-on itself but I don't know
how you do it.  I have a guess which I will present.  To explain why
this is my guess would require explanation which isn't relevant to the
discussion.  It has to do with what the expired demo does when you try
to run it.  When you are using a vocalizer voice, try opening the
synthesizer dialog, control NVDA s, moving to the Vocalizer choice, and
pressing enter.  Does the settings dialog open?


I have an expired demo.  The only setting I can see that might possibly
apply is one for raising the pitch for capital.  As I recall, it is a
check box.  There is no say cap or say capital setting.  Maybe if you
turn on the raise pitch option, capital won't be spoken.


Gene

On 1/25/2022 3:05 PM, Chris Mullins wrote:

Hi Don

If  in the Voice Settings dialog (NVDA+Ctrl+v),you set Uppercase pitch
change to 0, Say Cap unchecked and Beep before Capitals unchecked you
say NVDA says "Capital" before capital letters but if you check the
"say Cap" checkbox, it only says "Cap", is that correct?

Does the Code Factory addon have any adjustable properties available
via the Preferences sub-menu (NVDA+n p) or in the catagories list of
the Settings dialog (NVDA+n p s)?  I'm asking these questions because
I think it's the Code Factory addon that is responsible for it saying
"Capital" and I wondered if there were any adjustable properties
governing this behaviour.

Cheers

                Chris

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*From: *Don H <mailto:lmddh50@...>
*Sent: *25 January 2022 14:21
*To: *nvda@nvda.groups.io
*Subject: *Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

I think I started this thread and here is what I have figured out.  When

using the code Factory vocalizer addon for NVDA if you have the voice

settings to not say cap and also have the beep for caps off on my system

NVDA says the word capital before each uppercase letter.  To make this

better in my opinion I now have my voice settings set with a pitch

change on caps on zero and I have say cap on capitaleters turned on.  So

now on capital letters NVDA says cap before each uppercase letter and I

hear no pitch change on capitals.  This makes the verbage on capital

letters a little better.

I did also make it stop saying capital by adding each uppercase letter

to the default dictionary replacing each with a lowercase letter and

this resulted in only hearing a pitch change on uppercase letters but

for some reason this pitch only for uppercase letters was inconsistent

with some uppercase letters being typed not having a raised pitch.  I

removed all the enteries I made to the default dictionary.

On 1/25/2022 3:59 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

Interesting, I’ll test it again, but when I’ve tried it before, I

didn’t

get beeps when I set capitals to beep.

All the best

Steve

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*From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Gene

*Sent:* 21 January 2022 17:08

*To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io

*Subject:* Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

I just tested this.  It comes through the sound card.

Gene

On 1/21/2022 10:53 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

     I think this is because the beep option unhelpfully comes through

     the PC speaker, instead of your soundcard.

     Some PCs don’t have a PC speaker any more, so the beep sound

won’t

     work for them.

     I think this should be changed in NVDA.

     All the best

     Steve

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<nvda@nvda.groups.io> <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of

     *Marilyn and Don Bilderback

     *Sent:* 20 January 2022 06:18

     *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

     *Subject:* [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

     Hello,

     I have the beep option checked but I get no sound when I type.

       I try to use the tone option, but   can’t seem to choose the

        right numbers so I can use that method. I don’t hear   any

change

     in tone when caps are typed.

     I do not like the word caps spoken as I can’t hear what I am

     typing.    What am I missing?

     Marilynn

On 1/25/2022 3:44 PM, Gene wrote:

There is a way to open settings for the add-on itself but I don't know
how you do it.  I have a guess which I will present.  To explain why
this is my guess would require explanation which isn't relevant to the
discussion.  It has to do with what the expired demo does when you try
to run it.  When you are using a vocalizer voice, try opening the
synthesizer dialog, control NVDA s, moving to the Vocalizer choice, and
pressing enter.  Does the settings dialog open?


I have an expired demo.  The only setting I can see that might possibly
apply is one for raising the pitch for capital.  As I recall, it is a
check box.  There is no say cap or say capital setting.  Maybe if you
turn on the raise pitch option, capital won't be spoken.


Gene

On 1/25/2022 3:05 PM, Chris Mullins wrote:

Hi Don

If  in the Voice Settings dialog (NVDA+Ctrl+v),you set Uppercase pitch
change to 0, Say Cap unchecked and Beep before Capitals unchecked you
say NVDA says "Capital" before capital letters but if you check the
"say Cap" checkbox, it only says "Cap", is that correct?

Does the Code Factory addon have any adjustable properties available
via the Preferences sub-menu (NVDA+n p) or in the catagories list of
the Settings dialog (NVDA+n p s)?  I'm asking these questions because
I think it's the Code Factory addon that is responsible for it saying
"Capital" and I wondered if there were any adjustable properties
governing this behaviour.

Cheers

                Chris

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*From: *Don H <mailto:lmddh50@...>
*Sent: *25 January 2022 14:21
*To: *nvda@nvda.groups.io
*Subject: *Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

I think I started this thread and here is what I have figured out.  When

using the code Factory vocalizer addon for NVDA if you have the voice

settings to not say cap and also have the beep for caps off on my system

NVDA says the word capital before each uppercase letter.  To make this

better in my opinion I now have my voice settings set with a pitch

change on caps on zero and I have say cap on capitaleters turned on.  So

now on capital letters NVDA says cap before each uppercase letter and I

hear no pitch change on capitals.  This makes the verbage on capital

letters a little better.

I did also make it stop saying capital by adding each uppercase letter

to the default dictionary replacing each with a lowercase letter and

this resulted in only hearing a pitch change on uppercase letters but

for some reason this pitch only for uppercase letters was inconsistent

with some uppercase letters being typed not having a raised pitch.  I

removed all the enteries I made to the default dictionary.

On 1/25/2022 3:59 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

Interesting, I’ll test it again, but when I’ve tried it before, I didn’t

get beeps when I set capitals to beep.

All the best

Steve

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*From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Gene

*Sent:* 21 January 2022 17:08

*To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io

*Subject:* Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

I just tested this.  It comes through the sound card.

Gene

On 1/21/2022 10:53 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

     I think this is because the beep option unhelpfully comes through

     the PC speaker, instead of your soundcard.

     Some PCs don’t have a PC speaker any more, so the beep sound won’t

     work for them.

     I think this should be changed in NVDA.

     All the best

     Steve

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<nvda@nvda.groups.io> <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of

     *Marilyn and Don Bilderback

     *Sent:* 20 January 2022 06:18

     *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

     *Subject:* [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

     Hello,

     I have the beep option checked but I get no sound when I type.

       I try to use the tone option, but   can’t seem to choose the

        right numbers so I can use that method. I don’t hear   any change

     in tone when caps are typed.

     I do not like the word caps spoken as I can’t hear what I am

     typing.    What am I missing?

     Marilynn

On 1/25/2022 3:05 PM, Chris Mullins wrote:

Hi Don

If  in the Voice Settings dialog (NVDA+Ctrl+v),you set Uppercase pitch change to 0, Say Cap unchecked and Beep before Capitals unchecked you say NVDA says "Capital" before capital letters but if you check the "say Cap" checkbox, it only says "Cap", is that correct?

 

Does the Code Factory addon have any adjustable properties available via the Preferences sub-menu (NVDA+n p) or in the catagories list of the Settings dialog (NVDA+n p s)?  I'm asking these questions because I think it's the Code Factory addon that is responsible for it saying "Capital" and I wondered if there were any adjustable properties governing this behaviour. 

 

Cheers

                Chris

 

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From: Don H
Sent: 25 January 2022 14:21
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

 

I think I started this thread and here is what I have figured out.  When

using the code Factory vocalizer addon for NVDA if you have the voice

settings to not say cap and also have the beep for caps off on my system

NVDA says the word capital before each uppercase letter.  To make this

better in my opinion I now have my voice settings set with a pitch

change on caps on zero and I have say cap on capitaleters turned on.  So

now on capital letters NVDA says cap before each uppercase letter and I

hear no pitch change on capitals.  This makes the verbage on capital

letters a little better.

I did also make it stop saying capital by adding each uppercase letter

to the default dictionary replacing each with a lowercase letter and

this resulted in only hearing a pitch change on uppercase letters but

for some reason this pitch only for uppercase letters was inconsistent

with some uppercase letters being typed not having a raised pitch.  I

removed all the enteries I made to the default dictionary.

 

On 1/25/2022 3:59 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

> Interesting, I’ll test it again, but when I’ve tried it before, I didn’t

> get beeps when I set capitals to beep.

> 

> All the best

> 

> 

> Steve

> 

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> *From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Gene

> *Sent:* 21 January 2022 17:08

> *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io

> *Subject:* Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

> 

> I just tested this.  It comes through the sound card.

> 

> Gene

> 

> On 1/21/2022 10:53 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

> 

>     I think this is because the beep option unhelpfully comes through

>     the PC speaker, instead of your soundcard.

> 

>     Some PCs don’t have a PC speaker any more, so the beep sound won’t

>     work for them.

> 

>     I think this should be changed in NVDA.

> 

>     All the best

> 

> 

>     Steve

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>     *Marilyn and Don Bilderback

>     *Sent:* 20 January 2022 06:18

>     *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

>     *Subject:* [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

> 

>     Hello,

> 

>     I have the beep option checked but I get no sound when I type.

> 

>       I try to use the tone option, but   can’t seem to choose the

>        right numbers so I can use that method. I don’t hear   any change

>     in tone when caps are typed.

> 

>     I do not like the word caps spoken as I can’t hear what I am

>     typing.    What am I missing?

> 

>     Marilynn

> 

>

 

 

 

 

 

On 1/25/2022 3:05 PM, Chris Mullins wrote:

Hi Don

If  in the Voice Settings dialog (NVDA+Ctrl+v),you set Uppercase pitch
change to 0, Say Cap unchecked and Beep before Capitals unchecked you
say NVDA says "Capital" before capital letters but if you check the "say
Cap" checkbox, it only says "Cap", is that correct?

Does the Code Factory addon have any adjustable properties available via
the Preferences sub-menu (NVDA+n p) or in the catagories list of the
Settings dialog (NVDA+n p s)?  I'm asking these questions because I
think it's the Code Factory addon that is responsible for it saying
"Capital" and I wondered if there were any adjustable properties
governing this behaviour.

Cheers

                Chris

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*From: *Don H <mailto:lmddh50@...>
*Sent: *25 January 2022 14:21
*To: *nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Subject: *Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

I think I started this thread and here is what I have figured out.  When

using the code Factory vocalizer addon for NVDA if you have the voice

settings to not say cap and also have the beep for caps off on my system

NVDA says the word capital before each uppercase letter.  To make this

better in my opinion I now have my voice settings set with a pitch

change on caps on zero and I have say cap on capitaleters turned on.  So

now on capital letters NVDA says cap before each uppercase letter and I

hear no pitch change on capitals.  This makes the verbage on capital

letters a little better.

I did also make it stop saying capital by adding each uppercase letter

to the default dictionary replacing each with a lowercase letter and

this resulted in only hearing a pitch change on uppercase letters but

for some reason this pitch only for uppercase letters was inconsistent

with some uppercase letters being typed not having a raised pitch.  I

removed all the enteries I made to the default dictionary.

On 1/25/2022 3:59 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

> Interesting, I’ll test it again, but when I’ve tried it before, I didn’t

> get beeps when I set capitals to beep.

>

> All the best

>

>

> Steve

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> *From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Gene

> *Sent:* 21 January 2022 17:08

> *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io

> *Subject:* Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

>

> I just tested this.  It comes through the sound card.

>

> Gene

>

> On 1/21/2022 10:53 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

>

>     I think this is because the beep option unhelpfully comes through

>     the PC speaker, instead of your soundcard.

>

>     Some PCs don’t have a PC speaker any more, so the beep sound won’t

>     work for them.

>

>     I think this should be changed in NVDA.

>

>     All the best

>

>

>     Steve

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>     *From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

>     <nvda@nvda.groups.io> <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of

>     *Marilyn and Don Bilderback

>     *Sent:* 20 January 2022 06:18

>     *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

>     *Subject:* [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

>

>     Hello,

>

>     I have the beep option checked but I get no sound when I type.

>

>       I try to use the tone option, but   can’t seem to choose the

>        right numbers so I can use that method. I don’t hear   any change

>     in tone when caps are typed.

>

>     I do not like the word caps spoken as I can’t hear what I am

>     typing.    What am I missing?

>

>     Marilynn

>

>

From: Don H
Sent: 25 January 2022 14:21
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

 

I think I started this thread and here is what I have figured out.  When

using the code Factory vocalizer addon for NVDA if you have the voice

settings to not say cap and also have the beep for caps off on my system

NVDA says the word capital before each uppercase letter.  To make this

better in my opinion I now have my voice settings set with a pitch

change on caps on zero and I have say cap on capitaleters turned on.  So

now on capital letters NVDA says cap before each uppercase letter and I

hear no pitch change on capitals.  This makes the verbage on capital

letters a little better.

I did also make it stop saying capital by adding each uppercase letter

to the default dictionary replacing each with a lowercase letter and

this resulted in only hearing a pitch change on uppercase letters but

for some reason this pitch only for uppercase letters was inconsistent

with some uppercase letters being typed not having a raised pitch.  I

removed all the enteries I made to the default dictionary.

 

On 1/25/2022 3:59 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

> Interesting, I’ll test it again, but when I’ve tried it before, I didn’t

> get beeps when I set capitals to beep.

> 

> All the best

> 

> 

> Steve

> 

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> *From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Gene

> *Sent:* 21 January 2022 17:08

> *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io

> *Subject:* Re: [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

> 

> I just tested this.  It comes through the sound card.

> 

> Gene

> 

> On 1/21/2022 10:53 AM, Steve Nutt wrote:

> 

>     I think this is because the beep option unhelpfully comes through

>     the PC speaker, instead of your soundcard.

> 

>     Some PCs don’t have a PC speaker any more, so the beep sound won’t

>     work for them.

> 

>     I think this should be changed in NVDA.

> 

>     All the best

> 

> 

>     Steve

> 

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>     *Marilyn and Don Bilderback

>     *Sent:* 20 January 2022 06:18

>     *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

>     *Subject:* [nvda] NVDA announcing Capital letters

> 

>     Hello,

> 

>     I have the beep option checked but I get no sound when I type.

> 

>       I try to use the tone option, but   can’t seem to choose the

>        right numbers so I can use that method. I don’t hear   any change

>     in tone when caps are typed.

> 

>     I do not like the word caps spoken as I can’t hear what I am

>     typing.    What am I missing?

> 

>     Marilynn

> 

>