I didn't say I am always right. But when I express an opinion, if I think it is right, I will state it and stand by it unless I am convinced by opinions and/or facts that it is wrong.

I'll point out, though arguing from authority doesn't prove a thing is right, that still, one of the most respected instructors in the field expressed the opinion that Window-eyes was better

- And, Gene, your beliefs about this are not, contrary to your own opinion, always right. Therein lies the problem, even though your don't see it as one. And no, you need not qualify everything with,

I can state an opinion about what should be the case without always qualifying it by saying something like others may disagree, etc. This sort of thing is done constantly. See editorial

Hi, A better way might be to say that: Sleep mode is application instance specific, or, in technical terms, process specific. There are programs that use one instance to display multiple windows,

- Again, Gene, this is your opinion. It is not mine. In almost all programs, including NVDA, when people change settings they want those changes "to stick" and actually expect it unless they

That's fine. My apologies as I somehow missed that message. David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist Subscribe to the Tech-VI announcement list to receive emails regarding news

That's correct.  I said in my message something about if you haven't shut down NVDA for that reason.  Its also a reason that I strongly believe that the default setting should be changed.  By

- David, Please re-read what Gene said earlier. He made the explicit statement, "and the new settings haven't been permanently saved." The mechanism of permanent saving, whether an application

Pressing NVDA-ctrl-R isn't always a guarantee that you'll be able to revert back to a previous setting as a user could have saved a configuration, exited and then later restarted NVDA. In that case

Thanks this is the correct place to disable shortcut keys. I don't know what keystroke I accidently hit to mess up my settings. I will remember the insert control r for the next time these old stiff

I haven't played with the setting to see if this is the applicable one, but it appears to be in object presentation, report object shortcut keys. Even if that is the

Hi. The insert-4 shortcut toggles the speaking of command keys that you type, such as keys accompanied by the control key, but not the speaking of shortcut keys for options in an application.

Don, go to Preferences > Settings > Object Presentation and you'll find the option to disable the speaking of shortcut keys. For reference you can also find it in section 12.1.12 of the User Guide,

NVDA 4 is speak command keys on and off. that isn't related to announcing shortcuts. Gene

I'll let others answer the question as to the specific location of the setting.  I will tell you something I think is valuable to know and use.  If you haven't shut down NVDA and the new settings

See Keyboard Settings in NVDA settings or try NVDA + 4, which I believe toggles this announcement. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 The instinctive need to be the member of

I am running NVDA version 2021.3.1 on latest version of win 10. I had NVDA set not to announce shortcut keys. I messed up hitting some key conbination that caused NVDA to start announcing shortcut

I'll also point out that there are other ways to efficiently move to links you go to regularly. I discussed the way I use but there is the links list and the add-on that has been discussed

Chris, As Gene has already mentioned, the status of a link as visited or unvisited is determined by the browser itself and based upon your browsing history. The way to change the status is