Say all in word working in a strange way
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Declan Meenagh
Hello everyone. Has anyone got the issue where after you hit say all (insert + down arrow) and want to pause you hit down or right arrow and instead of moving cursor to the bottom it moves it to the point where you started say all. This is happening in large documents that are hard to navigate. Is there a way to move the cursor to the end of the text? I’m on windows 10 and office 365. Thanks.
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Gene
What happens if you stop reading with control? While its slightly more inconvenient to issue the read to end command again, that my work around the problem until you may find a solution. Also, isn't pause done with the shift and not the arrow keys? I haven't used the [pause or skim reading feature but I believe you are using the incorrect command just to pause reading. I think its shift to pause, then shift to resume.
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Gene
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-----Original Message----- From: Declan Meenagh Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 7:07 AM To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way Hello everyone. Has anyone got the issue where after you hit say all (insert + down arrow) and want to pause you hit down or right arrow and instead of moving cursor to the bottom it moves it to the point where you started say all. This is happening in large documents that are hard to navigate. Is there a way to move the cursor to the end of the text? I’m on windows 10 and office 365. Thanks.
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Cearbhall O'Meadhra
Declan,
I think you may be working in NVDA, is that right?
I recently had a similar issue and I realised that if I stop “Say All” with down-arrow or any other key, the cursor reverts to its last known position, which was usually the start of “Say All”. The only way to get close to retaining the stopped position was to press the left or right control key once. This stops NVDA speaking without interfering with the cursor. I noticed that I would invariably find the active point at the beginning of the current line if not at the actual last word spoken. This seemingly inaccurate behaviour has to do with the speed of the cursor navigator and the relatively slower response of the screen reader.
Perhaps you could raise this tomorrow at the FB-Exchange meeting?
All the best,
Cearbhall
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Declan Meenagh
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 1:07 PM To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way
Hello everyone. Has anyone got the issue where after you hit say all (insert + down arrow) and want to pause you hit down or right arrow and instead of moving cursor to the bottom it moves it to the point where you started say all. This is happening in large documents that are hard to navigate. Is there a way to move the cursor to the end of the text? I’m on windows 10 and office 365. Thanks.
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Chris Mullins
Hi Gene is correct, you use the shift key as a pause toggle when using the Say All command. Pressing the control key stops the Say All command and it appears to leave the cursor at the point that Say All has red to.
Cheers Chris
From: Gene
Sent: 03 January 2021 14:17 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way
What happens if you stop reading with control? While its slightly more inconvenient to issue the read to end command again, that my work around the problem until you may find a solution. Also, isn't pause done with the shift and not the arrow keys? I haven't used the [pause or skim reading feature but I believe you are using the incorrect command just to pause reading. I think its shift to pause, then shift to resume.
Gene ----- Original Message ----- -----Original Message----- From: Declan Meenagh Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 7:07 AM To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way
Hello everyone.
Has anyone got the issue where after you hit say all (insert + down arrow) and want to pause you hit down or right arrow and instead of moving cursor to the bottom it moves it to the point where you started say all. This is happening in large documents that are hard to navigate. Is there a way to move the cursor to the end of the text?
I’m on windows 10 and office 365.
Thanks.
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Cearbhall O'Meadhra
Chris,
Jean and you have made very helpful points, thanks.
I can confirm that the shift key is very effective in pausing the Say all flow. It resumes again perfectly without losing position on a second press of the shift key.
The control key does, as you say, terminate the Say All flow completely. It leaves the cursor at the first word of the current line. This means that a repeated press of the NVDA + down-arrow restarts Say all from the beginning of the line on which NVDA stopped speaking and so repeats only a few words that were already heard but not the whole spiel again.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@...
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Mullins
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 3:44 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way
Hi Gene is correct, you use the shift key as a pause toggle when using the Say All command. Pressing the control key stops the Say All command and it appears to leave the cursor at the point that Say All has red to.
Cheers Chris
From: Gene
What happens if you stop reading with control? While its slightly more inconvenient to issue the read to end command again, that my work around the problem until you may find a solution. Also, isn't pause done with the shift and not the arrow keys? I haven't used the [pause or skim reading feature but I believe you are using the incorrect command just to pause reading. I think its shift to pause, then shift to resume.
Gene ----- Original Message ----- -----Original Message----- From: Declan Meenagh Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 7:07 AM To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way
Hello everyone.
Has anyone got the issue where after you hit say all (insert + down arrow) and want to pause you hit down or right arrow and instead of moving cursor to the bottom it moves it to the point where you started say all. This is happening in large documents that are hard to navigate. Is there a way to move the cursor to the end of the text?
I’m on windows 10 and office 365.
Thanks.
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Declan Meenagh
Hello everyone. Thanks for the help, this does resolve it for me. A small thing but it would be nice if it could stop in the middle of the line but it’s only a line of text to navigate so I can manage it. Thanks again.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Cearbhall O'Meadhra
Sent: Sunday 3 January 2021 16:01 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way
Chris,
Jean and you have made very helpful points, thanks.
I can confirm that the shift key is very effective in pausing the Say all flow. It resumes again perfectly without losing position on a second press of the shift key.
The control key does, as you say, terminate the Say All flow completely. It leaves the cursor at the first word of the current line. This means that a repeated press of the NVDA + down-arrow restarts Say all from the beginning of the line on which NVDA stopped speaking and so repeats only a few words that were already heard but not the whole spiel again.
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Mullins
Hi Gene is correct, you use the shift key as a pause toggle when using the Say All command. Pressing the control key stops the Say All command and it appears to leave the cursor at the point that Say All has red to.
Cheers Chris
From: Gene
What happens if you stop reading with control? While its slightly more inconvenient to issue the read to end command again, that my work around the problem until you may find a solution. Also, isn't pause done with the shift and not the arrow keys? I haven't used the [pause or skim reading feature but I believe you are using the incorrect command just to pause reading. I think its shift to pause, then shift to resume.
Gene ----- Original Message ----- -----Original Message----- From: Declan Meenagh Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 7:07 AM To: nvda@groups.io Subject: [nvda] Say all in word working in a strange way
Hello everyone.
Has anyone got the issue where after you hit say all (insert + down arrow) and want to pause you hit down or right arrow and instead of moving cursor to the bottom it moves it to the point where you started say all. This is happening in large documents that are hard to navigate. Is there a way to move the cursor to the end of the text?
I’m on windows 10 and office 365.
Thanks.
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