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Re: CodeFactory vocalizer licenses
Orlando Enrique Fiol
Hi all,
I obtained my Vocalizer SAPI5 license and installed all the voices last night. NVDA sees them all, although they're not sorted in any discernable order. I was excited when II opened the Vocalizer control panel and encountered a check box for enabling a pronunciation dictionary in the options. One can even import something called a CFD file, which is presumably a pronunciation dictionary. However, since there is no documentation about how to create one and no sample CFD files in the program, I am temporarily stumped. I even created one dictionary entry with the Code Factory UI in order to see if a file would get created. Itt didn't. That was one of my main motivations for purchasing the SAPI5 license rather than the NVDA addon; I figured that I'd make one pronunciation dictionary that would be processed by the Vocalizer engine regardless of screen reader. That is proving to be a bust. Also, these SAPI5 voices make JAWS crash every few minutes. The responsiveness is also painfully slow. All in all, I would probably revoke my license if I could get a refund. Orlando Enrique Fiol Ph.D. in Music Theory University of Pennsylvania: November, 2018 Professional Pianist/Keyboardist, Percussionist, Arranger, Performer and Pedagogue Home: (980) 585-1516 Mobile: (267) 971-7090 Email: ofiol@...
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Re: Creating First Line Indent with NVDA
I can only answer your second question, and the most simple and concise answer is "consistency."
Using either some set number of spaces or even a tab stop can result in the initial indent being different from paragraph to paragraph. All it takes is miscounting your spaces or someone having put a section break in where they reset tab stops, and you can get wildly different visual presentations for beginning of paragraph indents. Using the paragraph controls makes everything consistent without the end user having to do anything other than the initial setup in the document template (which I'd hope would be provided in dotx format if there's a format you're expected to follow). In the final analysis, for business or anything other than personal purposes, consistent formatting is one of the main reasons to use a word processor or desktop publishing software. Using the tools that ensure this that are part of those programs is the best, and easiest, way of getting what you want each and every time without the user having to think about it. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1903, Build 18362 The color of truth is grey. ~ André Gide
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Creating First Line Indent with NVDA
David Russell <david.sonofhashem@...>
Hello Group,
I am raising the issue of first line indents one more time, but more precise. This might be for the more technical minded among us. Two questions below. (1) If setting up paragraph parameters in the ribbon with either alt+h or alt+o, in MS Word, does the left and right margin need to exceed a certain parameter in order for NVDA to report each occurrence first line indent? At 0.5 inch left, and 1 inch right, NVDA reports first line indent on occasion in my case. (2) What would be the reason for a sighted MS Word reviewer to discourage a screen reader user from using the space bar, or tab key to create first line indents? I have three such friends who encourage setting this up by the ribbon not doing manually. Thanks for your help! -- David Russell david.sonofhashem@...
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Re: Footnotes in LibreOffice
kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@...>
I am still interested if anybody has suggestions on this issue.
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On 12/26/18, Kelby Carlson <kelbycarlson@...> wrote:
Is there an easy way to navigate to footnotes and endnotes in --
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how to build add-ons for NVDA
Scott Berry <sb356607@...>
Hello there,
I would like to learn how to build NVDA add-ons. I have an idea for one which will download homework assignments and get grades for students in high school and college. Thanks for all your help. -- Scott Berry <br> Certified Medical Office Assistant, Associates in Allied Health, Patient Advocate Please boogie on over to our site at: http://www.berrysadvocating.biz
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Re: Terminal improvements are coming to NVDA 2019.3!
I just now saw this, this is seriously great work. I look forward to testing it out.
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Re: Outlook Bug When Scrolling Through Messages
kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@...>
I tried restarting without ad-ons, which also did nothing to improve the situation.
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Re: Outlook Bug When Scrolling Through Messages
kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@...>
I did check, and they are the same. How do I send a log?
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Re: Outlook Bug When Scrolling Through Messages
Quentin Christensen
Maybe double check that the addons are all up to date on the misbehaving computer, just in case (might be same addons but an older version). If you could send me a log, I can have a look and see if anything pops out. Quentin.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:31 PM kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@...> wrote: I don't believe the ad-ons are any different on my laptop than my desktop. --
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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NVDA 2019.2rc2 released
Quentin Christensen
Hi everyone, NVDA 2019.2rc2 has been released. This release fixes a critical bug which made the find dialog unusable for some users. Read the full release announcement and download NVDA 2019.2rc2 from NV Access: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2019-2rc2-released/ As with RC1, we encourage everyone to download and test this version. If nothing critical is found, this will be identical to the final 2019.2 release. If you do find any errors, please do let us know! 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: Outlook Bug When Scrolling Through Messages
kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@...>
I don't believe the ad-ons are any different on my laptop than my desktop.
I also have a home laptop with the latest NVDA, WIndows 10, and Outlook, which does not have this problem. This leads me to believe it must have to do with the specific computer, though I can't imagine what the problem is. They are both Lenovo brand.
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Re: for Qentin or Joseph
Robert Doc Wright godfearer
I did that today and still got the same result. When you look into addon manager it shows remote and it states “enabled after restart”. The person I am working with is so backwards where computers are concerned I am not sure what to do next. He is in Clinton Tennessee and I am in Colorado. We have been trying to do this over the telephone.
If all I have left in this world is God, I have everything! Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Quentin Christensen
Sent: Monday, August 5, 2019 6:11 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] for Qentin or Joseph
Did you see Jonathan Cohn's reply to your question on this last week? If so, did that help?
His suggestion was: "I have seen this happen when an addon is not completely installed. I ended up going to the
Otherwise, I was going to suggest, a copy of your NVDA log might yield some information. Based on Jonathan's reply, if that is the issue, uninstalling NVDA won't fix it, as it doesn't remove add-ons.
Kind regards
Quentin.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 8:47 AM Robert Doc Wright godfearer <godfearer@...> wrote:
-- Quentin Christensen
NVDA 2019.2 RC 1 now available!
Web: www.nvaccess.org 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
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Re: Bullet levels in Powerpoint
Quentin Christensen
It's a tricky one. If she hasn't changed the font settings, then each indent makes the font smaller. EG on mine, the leftmost bullet point is 28pt, one indent is 24pt, the 2nd indent is 20pt, then 18pt. In the paragraph formatting, (alt, h, p, g), it does list the indent. We do have an issue for this. I'm not sure whether the problem is PowerPoint not exposing the right information, or NVDA not looking for it. I'll see if I can find out. In the meantime, the issue on our tracker is here: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/4987 Feel free to comment on that with any additional information. Kind regards Quentin.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 4:07 AM Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@...> wrote: Hi all. I have a student working on Powerpoint with NVDA. In a task, the student has to indent bullets on an object. She can input this fine, but how can she quickly check which indentation she’s on on each level? Insert+F doesn’t work, and having NVDA speak indentation doesn’t work either. On NVDA 2019.1.1, Office 2019, Windows 10 1903. --
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: Outlook Bug When Scrolling Through Messages
Quentin Christensen
Have you got any add-ons? If so are they up to date? If you restart NVDA with add-ons disabled (NVDA+Q, then down arrow to restart with add-ons disabled and enter), does it help? If you go to your power settings and ensure everything is set to "always on" or "high performance", does that make a difference? If none of that helps, if you send me a log, I can have a look and see if there's anything obvious inside. Kind regards Quentin.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 3:55 AM kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@...> wrote: One difference is that the laptop is running Outlook 2016, where the desktop is running Outlook 2013. --
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Re: UI Automated Interface in Word
Quentin Christensen
It's basically a different way of getting the information that NVDA needs to tell you what's going on. Previously NVDA has used iAccessible2 and other APIs to get the information about where the caret is, what is selected, the current font, and so on. Microsoft is starting to providing more of this information using UI Automation instead of iAccessible2, so this setting is basically a way of starting to transition to use that to get information in Word. At this time, not every piece of information we currently provide is available through UIA, however, we can't pick and choose and take some from each - we need to get all our information using one method or the other. So, for now, we are still using the older methods as the default, but if you are doing a particular task for which the information is only available through UIA, or if you would like to try out that option (particularly for add-on developers who might be impacted by such a change), the option is there on the developer options. Kind regards Quentin.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 3:31 AM kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@...> wrote: Can someone explain what exactly is supposed to happen when this is --
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Re: Terminal improvements are coming to NVDA 2019.3!
g melconian <gmelconian619@...>
Sure, will do so when I have some free testing time. Have so many projects at the moment which have my attention.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bill Dengler
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 12:36 PM To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Terminal improvements are coming to NVDA 2019.3!
Hello, I’ve been working as a Google Summer of Code student with NV Access over the past couple of months. My project involves improving NVDA performance and stability in the Windows Console used by Command Prompt, PowerShell, and the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10 version 1803 and later. The new console support is set to ship as part of NVDA 2019.3, to be released later this year. In the mean time, I’d greatly appreciate your testing of, and feedback from, the latest master (alpha) snapshots, which can be found on this page. A limited version of the new support will also ship in 2019.2 within the next few weeks behind a feature flag.
Thanks in advance for testing, and be sure to let me know what you think! Bill
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Re: Terminal improvements are coming to NVDA 2019.3!
Hi Bill, I may need to write a detailed feedback on GitHub, but your code doesn’t work on Windows Terminal Preview app yet- not recognized as UIA control at this time). Cheers, Joseph
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bill Dengler
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 12:36 PM To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Terminal improvements are coming to NVDA 2019.3!
Hello, I’ve been working as a Google Summer of Code student with NV Access over the past couple of months. My project involves improving NVDA performance and stability in the Windows Console used by Command Prompt, PowerShell, and the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10 version 1803 and later. The new console support is set to ship as part of NVDA 2019.3, to be released later this year. In the mean time, I’d greatly appreciate your testing of, and feedback from, the latest master (alpha) snapshots, which can be found on this page. A limited version of the new support will also ship in 2019.2 within the next few weeks behind a feature flag.
Thanks in advance for testing, and be sure to let me know what you think! Bill
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Request for addition of a Braille section to the Switching From JAWS To NVDA Guide
Kara Goldfinch
Hi everyone. As some of you may be aware, I did the initial work for the
Switching from JAWS To NVDA guide, which anyone is free to edit
and add to. Many have done so over the years so thank you for
that. Currently though, the guide doesn't have any info on Braille
support for both products as I have only briefly used a Braille
display, and it was long before I started this project. If anyone feels confident enough to add a section on Braille, then please feel free to do so. You can find the guide at the following address: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA You will need a github account and a familiarity with Markdown. It's fairly easy to learn and there is plenty of info available. All the best,, Kara Goldfinch
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Terminal improvements are coming to NVDA 2019.3!
Bill Dengler
Hello,
I’ve been working as a Google Summer of Code student with NV Access over the past couple of months. My project involves improving NVDA performance and stability in the Windows Console used by Command Prompt, PowerShell, and the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10 version 1803 and later. The new console support is set to ship as part of NVDA 2019.3, to be released later this year. In the mean time, I’d greatly appreciate your testing of, and feedback from, the latest master (alpha) snapshots, which can be found on this page. A limited version of the new support will also ship in 2019.2 within the next few weeks behind a feature flag. Thanks in advance for testing, and be sure to let me know what you think! Bill
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StationPlaylist add-on 19.08.1 and 18.09.11-LTS, plans for the long-term suport version
#addonrelease
Hi all,
StationPlaylist add-on 19.08.1 and 18.09.11-LTS are now available. The key difference between these two versions is which SPL suite is the minimum – 19.08.x supports SPL 5.20, and 18.09.11-LTS supports 5.1x. As always, these releases can be found on community add-ons website or through Add-on updater.
Today’s releases are bug fix releases. Both include fixes for encoder support, add-on settings, and for 19.08.x, a specific problem related to starting Studio.
Also, a note on future 18.09.x releases:
Cheers, Joseph
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