Hi, Ame. I used to be heavily into optimization tools and, from the ones I tried, Ccleaner was the most accessible. However, it is usually the case that you will not notice much in the way of a perfor

I have also noticed odd behavior with NVDA and Word 2016. My issues are similar to yours in some ways but different in others. I am not a Braille display owner and so I'm only using speech. Specifical

Hi, Joseph. In my case, this issue does not occur with specific documents. In fact, it occurs when I'm writing in a blank document. David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit

Forgive me if this has already been discussed, as I have just resubscribed to this list and have been off of it for quite some time. I had mixed feelings about the new earcons which I noticed in a rec

Hi, Bhavya. Thanks for the link to your blog, which is quite good, by the way. Yes, I'm familiar with substituting the default wav files for ones which might be preferable. I may do that but was just

Hi, Rosemarie. If this happens, try pressing the alt key to move to the menus and then press the alt key a second time to move away from the menu bar back to the message. Does cursor navigation work?

I agree that it's certainly preferable and desirable that mistakes never find their way into product manuals or tutorials and that is the goal of anybody who writes documentation. However, it's inevit

Hello. Several months ago, I purchased a copy of the NVDA with Microsoft Word tutorial from the NV Access shop. I have since downloaded the epub-formatted file and have used it with Voice Dream Reader

I'd like to second Travis's recommendations. For my day-to-day computer tasks, such as reading and answering emails, Web surfing, document composition, etc., I use a standard account with the user acc

Admittedly, it would be convenient if the Microsoft store allowed for navigation using the virtual cursor. I haven't tried this but I'm wondering if the Objpad addon would make navigating the store a

I'm using Windows 10 Pro and I know that I have some of the OneCore voices already installed. However, I'm trying to install some of the British voices. While I see them in the list of voices under sp

Hello. Regarding the new sounds, what I'd personally like to see is the ability to configure them in the Sounds app, just as you can with other apps. In fact, the Window-Eyes screen reader also had it

The latest version of the Kindle for PC app will work rather nicely with NVDA and, as of now, no accessibility plug-in is needed. https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp David Goldfield, Assistive Te

Hello. I'm working with someone who is using NVDA 2017.2 on a Windows 7 Pro machine. Recently, the copy of NVDA he is using seems to be totally stuck in focus mode when loading either Google Chrome or

Ethan, We'll look at this ticket. It could put us on the right track. Many thanks for this lead.

Hi. Yes, he is using the system default settings. The issue is that NVDA won't go into browse mode and pressing insert+space doesn't toggle from focus mode to browse mode. However, another list member

The problem is now solved. The gentleman I was working with didn't do the manual registering of the dll files. He tried the registry patch, which did not work. I suggested that he do a system restore

I realize I'm responding to an older thread but I'm wondering if the new Google Backup and Sync app is more accessible during setup? David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit

Hello. Another very accessible Internet speed test is from Comcast http://speedtest.xfinity.com XFINITY Speed Test speedtest.xfinity.com XFINITY Speed Test tests your Internet connection speed. When u

Arlene, You may be correct. However, if you have the time and/or the interest I'd be curious to know if the speed test works for Canadian users. If you decide to try it, would you let me know? David