I may have an issue with activation. My Windows laptop died a couple years ago. I think its computer name si what I see in the About tab and deactivation does not seem to allow me to get rid of it. I also may have used one activation on a portable setup but I don't know where to look for that now.

   The default voice that came up when I upgraded to 2020.1 is hard for me to listen to. But if I can fix this activation issue quicklu that would be great.

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On 6/28/2020 3:38 AM, Greg Wocher wrote:

Hello,
It is not the voice that needs to be updated. You need to update the driver for the voices. You should be able to find the updated driver from the code factory website or from where you bought the voices.

Greg Wocher

On Jun 27, 2020, at 6:21 PM, E.T. via groups.io <ancient.aliens=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

   Let me see if I can clarify this some.

   I have a Vovalizer voice from Code Factory. It is incompatible with NVDA     2020 and will be disabled if I proceed with installation. Someone indicated the voice needs to be updated. I need to know how to do that.

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On 6/27/2020 10:37 AM, mattias wrote:

What do you talk about?
Skickades från E-post <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>; för Windows 10
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     Ok I wish to take care of this one. How do I update my purchased
Samantha voice so it works with the NVDA 2020 build? Once I do this, I
can check off more to-do tasks. Thanks.
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Hi,

For NVDA, go to NVDA menu/Help/About.

Cheers,

Joseph

How do you check to see what version that you have?

Hello everyone,

Add-on Updater 20.07 is on its way – it will show up in about an hour or so from now. Key changes include ability to detect and present a message about legacy add-ons (add-ons with features included in NVDA; as of today, this applies to Enhanced ARIA, Focus Highlight, and Screen Curtain), and possibility to save add-on update settings by pressing Control+NVDA+C, revert to saved settings (Control+NVDA+R), or reset to defaults (Control+NVDA+R three times).

IMPORTANT: Add-on Updater 20.07 requires NVDA 2020.1 or later. Although the add-on will work with 2019.3 with modifications, please update to NVDA 2020.1 or later for best experience.

Cheers,

Joseph

How do you check to see what version that you have?

Hello everyone,

Add-on Updater 20.07 is on its way – it will show up in about an hour or so from now. Key changes include ability to detect and present a message about legacy add-ons (add-ons with features included in NVDA; as of today, this applies to Enhanced ARIA, Focus Highlight, and Screen Curtain), and possibility to save add-on update settings by pressing Control+NVDA+C, revert to saved settings (Control+NVDA+R), or reset to defaults (Control+NVDA+R three times).

IMPORTANT: Add-on Updater 20.07 requires NVDA 2020.1 or later. Although the add-on will work with 2019.3 with modifications, please update to NVDA 2020.1 or later for best experience.

Cheers,

Joseph

Hello everyone,

Add-on Updater 20.07 is on its way – it will show up in about an hour or so from now. Key changes include ability to detect and present a message about legacy add-ons (add-ons with features included in NVDA; as of today, this applies to Enhanced ARIA, Focus Highlight, and Screen Curtain), and possibility to save add-on update settings by pressing Control+NVDA+C, revert to saved settings (Control+NVDA+R), or reset to defaults (Control+NVDA+R three times).

IMPORTANT: Add-on Updater 20.07 requires NVDA 2020.1 or later. Although the add-on will work with 2019.3 with modifications, please update to NVDA 2020.1 or later for best experience.

Cheers,

Joseph

Hello,
It is not the voice that needs to be updated. You need to update the driver for the voices. You should be able to find the updated driver from the code factory website or from where you bought the voices.
Greg Wocher

On Jun 27, 2020, at 6:21 PM, E.T. via groups.io <ancient.aliens=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

Let me see if I can clarify this some.

I have a Vovalizer voice from Code Factory. It is incompatible with NVDA 2020 and will be disabled if I proceed with installation. Someone indicated the voice needs to be updated. I need to know how to do that.

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On 6/27/2020 10:37 AM, mattias wrote:

What do you talk about?
Skickades från E-post <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>; för Windows 10
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Ok I wish to take care of this one. How do I update my purchased
Samantha voice so it works with the NVDA 2020 build? Once I do this, I
can check off more to-do tasks. Thanks.
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That’s great David! This way we might have a chance to see a change or two. All the best!

Hi

Perhaps if you contact Codefactory and explain what software you have and what you want it to run on, they will be able to tell you what you need to do and what, if any,  costs are involved in getting it working.

 

https://codefactoryglobal.com/contact-us/

 

Cheers

Chris

 

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Sent: 27 June 2020 23:21
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Code Factory & NVDA 2020

 

    Let me see if I can clarify this some.

 

    I have a Vovalizer voice from Code Factory. It is incompatible with

NVDA    2020 and will be disabled if I proceed with installation. Someone

indicated the voice needs to be updated. I need to know how to do that.

 

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On 6/27/2020 10:37 AM, mattias wrote:

> What do you talk about?

>

> Skickades från E-post <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>

> för Windows 10

>

> *Från: *E.T. via groups.io <mailto:ancient.aliens@...>

> *Skickat: *den 27 juni 2020 18:47

> *Till: *NVDA <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

> *Ämne: *[nvda] Code Factory & NVDA 2020

>

>      Ok I wish to take care of this one. How do I update my purchased

>

> Samantha voice so it works with the NVDA 2020 build? Once I do this, I

>

> can check off more to-do tasks. Thanks.

>

>  From E.T.'s Keyboard...

>

>      Ancient.Aliens@...

>

> Many believe that we have been visited

>

> in the past. What if it were true?

>

>

 

 

 

On 6/28/2020 3:38 AM, Greg Wocher wrote:

> Hello,

> It is not the voice that needs to be updated. You need to update the driver for the voices. You should be able to find the updated driver from the code factory website or from where you bought the voices.

>

> Greg Wocher

>

>

>> On Jun 27, 2020, at 6:21 PM, E.T. via groups.io <ancient.aliens@...> wrote:

>> 

>>    Let me see if I can clarify this some.

>> 

>>    I have a Vovalizer voice from Code Factory. It is incompatible with NVDA    2020 and will be disabled if I proceed with installation. Someone indicated the voice needs to be updated. I need to know how to do that.

>> 

>>  From E.T.'s Keyboard...

>>    Ancient.Aliens@...

>> Many believe that we have been visited

>> in the past. What if it were true?

>> 

>> On 6/27/2020 10:37 AM, mattias wrote:

>>> What do you talk about?

>>> Skickades från E-post <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> för Windows 10

>>> *Från: *E.T. via groups.io <mailto:ancient.aliens@...>

>>> *Skickat: *den 27 juni 2020 18:47

>>> *Till: *NVDA <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

>>> *Ämne: *[nvda] Code Factory & NVDA 2020

>>>      Ok I wish to take care of this one. How do I update my purchased

>>> Samantha voice so it works with the NVDA 2020 build? Once I do this, I

>>> can check off more to-do tasks. Thanks.

>>>  From E.T.'s Keyboard..

>>>      Ancient.Aliens@...

>>> Many believe that we have been visited

>>> in the past. What if it were true?

>> 

>> 

>> 

>

>

>

>

On 6/27/2020 10:37 AM, mattias wrote:

> What do you talk about?

>

> Skickades från E-post <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>

> för Windows 10

>

> *Från: *E.T. via groups.io <mailto:ancient.aliens@...>

> *Skickat: *den 27 juni 2020 18:47

> *Till: *NVDA <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>

> *Ämne: *[nvda] Code Factory & NVDA 2020

>

>      Ok I wish to take care of this one. How do I update my purchased

>

> Samantha voice so it works with the NVDA 2020 build? Once I do this, I

>

> can check off more to-do tasks. Thanks.

>

>  From E.T.'s Keyboard...

>

>      Ancient.Aliens@...

>

> Many believe that we have been visited

>

> in the past. What if it were true?

>

>

Greg,
   Ok now that I found the source where I bought the add on, I looked around on the site but did not see anything for drivers. I can contact them but who knows how long that will take. Would the driver be in the add on file?
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On 6/28/2020 3:38 AM, Greg Wocher wrote:

Hello,
It is not the voice that needs to be updated. You need to update the driver for the voices. You should be able to find the updated driver from the code factory website or from where you bought the voices.

Greg Wocher

On Jun 27, 2020, at 6:21 PM, E.T. via groups.io <ancient.aliens=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

   Let me see if I can clarify this some.

   I have a Vovalizer voice from Code Factory. It is incompatible with NVDA     2020 and will be disabled if I proceed with installation. Someone indicated the voice needs to be updated. I need to know how to do that.

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On 6/27/2020 10:37 AM, mattias wrote:

What do you talk about?
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*Skickat: *den 27 juni 2020 18:47
*Till: *NVDA <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Ämne: *[nvda] Code Factory & NVDA 2020
     Ok I wish to take care of this one. How do I update my purchased
Samantha voice so it works with the NVDA 2020 build? Once I do this, I
can check off more to-do tasks. Thanks.
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On Jun 24, 2020, at 8:09 PM, Ian Blackburn <ianblackburn@...> wrote:

I get the same issues with Microsoft Word but not on each every computer

I get the problem on my Lenovo laptop but not on a desktop with the same apps installed in the same add-ons

That I’m using office 2010

On both machines

On 25 Jun 2020, at 8:36 am, Quentin Christensen <quentin@...> wrote:



As well as restarting with add-ons disabled, you might be interested in trying the new Beta.  We've made some improvements there in general, i'm not sure about your exact Outlook issue:  https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2020-2beta2/

If you can still replicate the issues with 2020.2 beta 2 and with add-ons disabled, if you could send us a log, at debug level, that would really help narrow down what is happening:

First of all, your NVDA key is either INSERT or CAPS LOCK, depending on how you have NVDA setup.  So, to set your log level:

1) Press NVDA+control+g to open the general settings
2) Press TAB until the focus is on ""Log level""
3) Press DOWN ARROW to get to ""Debug""
4) Press ENTER to close settings
5) Press NVDA+control+c to save settings.

To restart NVDA with add-ons disabled:
1) Press NVDA+Q
2) Down arrow to ""Restart with add-ons disabled""
3) Press ENTER

Next, recreate the issue - do whatever causes problems.

To get NVDA's log after that, there are several ways:

If NVDA is still running and usable:
1) Press NVDA+F1 to open the log viewer
2) Press CONTROL+A to select all.
3) Press CONTROL+C to copy.
4) Open your email and start a message to info@..., type a little about what you have done and what has happened in the body of the message, then leave a space and:
5) Press CONTROL+V to paste the copied log.

Instead of using the log viewer, or if NVDA has stopped and you needed to restart it or the computer:
1) Press WINDOWS+R to open Windows' Run dialog
2) Type %temp% and press ENTER (that's the percent sign, the letter t e m p and another percent sign).  Windows Explorer should open to the temporary folder.
3) Press TAB to move to the file list
4) Press N and move down to find up to three files:  nvda.log (the log file for the current or most recent NVDA session), nvda-old.og (the log from the previous session) and nvda-crash.dmp (a crash dump with more information created if NVDA itself crashes).
5) Depending on what email program you use, the steps will be different, but attach as many of those three files to an email to info@... as will be useful, and again in the body of the message describe a bit about what has happened."

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 6:50 AM Ralf Kefferpuetz <ralf.kefferpuetz@...> wrote:

Hello,
Are you getting the same symptoms when starting NVDA without any addons?
And also please make sure you disable in NVDA settings/Advance Use UI Automation to access Microsoft Word document controls when available.


Cheers,
  Ralf

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Josh Miele
Sent: Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2020 21:07
To: nvda@groups.io
Subject: [nvda] Crashes in Word and Outlook

Folks:


I'm new to this list, but I've been using NVDA as my exclusive Windows screen reader for about 8 years.


I'm in a new work environment where I practically live in outlook, and
I'm finding that I experience frequent freezes when composing emails,
particularly when highlighting or deleting. The screen reader goes
silent and doesn't come back, even if I wait a very long time.


The only way to recover is to go to the desktop with Windows+M and
restart NVDA with ctrl+alt+N. NVDA almost always restarts after a 20-30
second delay with an error sound concurrent with the NVDA startup sound.


When I return to Outlook the email I was composing is *sometimes* still
there, but it is frequently gon -- disappeared from the world without a
trace in Drafts or Trash.


This can happen as frequently as every few minutes, or sometimes goes
for hours without happening. I'm unable to pin it to any particular
situation or constellation of other concurrent activities.


I experience a similar problem in MS Word, also while highlighting or
deleting. Again, the file is sometimes there when I restart NVDA, but it
is just as likely to be recovered from the last time I saved it...


Needless to say, this is extremely frustrating and is terrible for my
productivity and mental well being.


I am using Version 2020.1, but this problem was present and even worse
in prior versions. In the current version I'm usually able to restart
NVDA from the desktop with the keyboard shortcut. In prior versions the
only way to recover was to restart my computer.


I have searched the web and the archive of this list to see if others
have experienced this, but I'm coming up mostly empty. From the issues
list on Github, it looks like this has happened to other folks in much
older versions, but it's marked as closed.


Any insights or help with this will be most gratefully appreciated.


Best!


--JAMM

--

Quentin Christensen
Training and Support Manager

Web: www.nvaccess.org 

Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/

Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/

User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda

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Twitter: @NVAccess

Admittedly, this is not a major problem but I've recently noticed that when I press ctrl+Q I no longer hear the wav file that is normally heard when exiting or closing NVDA. The wav file does exist in the same folder as the startup file and when I open the file it does play in my default media player. I thought I remember seeing some recent discussions about this on this list but I could not locate the relevant thread when searching the archives. Has anyone else experienced this and is there a known fix? I did install the 2020.2 beta 2 release but the problem persists.

Hello,
It is not the voice that needs to be updated. You need to update the driver for the voices. You should be able to find the updated driver from the code factory website or from where you bought the voices.
Greg Wocher

On Jun 27, 2020, at 6:21 PM, E.T. via groups.io <ancient.aliens=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

Let me see if I can clarify this some.

I have a Vovalizer voice from Code Factory. It is incompatible with NVDA 2020 and will be disabled if I proceed with installation. Someone indicated the voice needs to be updated. I need to know how to do that.

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On 6/27/2020 10:37 AM, mattias wrote:

What do you talk about?
Skickades från E-post <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>; för Windows 10
*Från: *E.T. via groups.io <mailto:ancient.aliens=icloud.com@groups.io>
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*Ämne: *[nvda] Code Factory & NVDA 2020
Ok I wish to take care of this one. How do I update my purchased
Samantha voice so it works with the NVDA 2020 build? Once I do this, I
can check off more to-do tasks. Thanks.
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Hello,

 

I used to have this exact problem in conjunction with the Acapela for NVDA add-on. As soon as I uninstalled it, the wave file began to be heard again. I sent this description to the Acapela team, but of course, attentive and caring as they are, I never heard back from them. I hope this may help you at least a little bit.

 

Best,

 

Vlad.

Vlad, as I do have the Acapela voices installed this certainly gives me a clue as far as what to look for. If I find that the Acapela driver is causing this to occur I will certainly write to them about it. Thanks for the tip as I don't think it would have occurred to me to disable the addon to see if that addresses the issue.

David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019

WWW.DavidGoldfield.org

On 6/28/2020 12:27 PM, Vlad Dragomir wrote:

Hello,

 

I used to have this exact problem in conjunction with the Acapela for NVDA add-on. As soon as I uninstalled it, the wave file began to be heard again. I sent this description to the Acapela team, but of course, attentive and caring as they are, I never heard back from them. I hope this may help you at least a little bit.

 

Best,

 

Vlad.