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submitted by autistictechgirl1990
None of my addons work with the new NVDA version, 19.3.1
I updated to the newest version yesterday and image describer, remote support and the eloquence synthesiser are all incompatible and disabled. I tried the system restore and basically it was all messed up, luckily I managed to memorise how to load the portable copy of the old MVda and then get to downloads where I could re-install version 19.2.
Sorry for the rant, but why the hell release a new version which isn’t compatible with the old add-ons? Either make it backwards compatible or update the other add-ons first.
Is this problem going to be fixed before the next update? There are no updated versions of these add-ons on the website that I could find either. Thanks for the help
I updated to the newest version yesterday and image describer, remote support and the eloquence synthesiser are all incompatible and disabled. I tried the system restore and basically it was all messed up, luckily I managed to memorise how to load the portable copy of the old MVda and then get to downloads where I could re-install version 19.2.
Sorry for the rant, but why the hell release a new version which isn’t compatible with the old add-ons? Either make it backwards compatible or update the other add-ons first.
Is this problem going to be fixed before the next update? There are no updated versions of these add-ons on the website that I could find either. Thanks for the help
pitermach 8 points 3y ago
Actually, there was plenty of advance warning that this was going to be a major update that will break older ad-ons. It was mentioned multiple times in NVAccess news letters and on mailing lists and on the official add-on community website that also $1. Finally, even if you didn't read any of those, when you ran the update it came up with a dialog warning you about this, giving you an option to see which of your ad-ons would be disabled with an option to abort the installation.
For the specific ad-ons you mentioned, NVDA remote will be getting an update soon, as it says on the page, and you can already $1. For Eloquence, the official Code Factory add-on also has already been updated. If you were using a different, less official Eloquence, suffice it to say that people have also already put in work to make compatible versions if you know where to look.
For the specific ad-ons you mentioned, NVDA remote will be getting an update soon, as it says on the page, and you can already $1. For Eloquence, the official Code Factory add-on also has already been updated. If you were using a different, less official Eloquence, suffice it to say that people have also already put in work to make compatible versions if you know where to look.
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Bachelor-pad-72 2 points 3y ago
As other people have said I got the warning and a boarded the update, eloquence does not work with it nor I was surprised to see dictation bridge isn’t compatible
Are use Dragon Naturally Speaking daily for school so I wonhundredpercent need that add on
Are use Dragon Naturally Speaking daily for school so I wonhundredpercent need that add on
pitermach 1 points 3y ago
Dictation Bridge is being worked on. Last I heard on the add-ons list there's supposed to be an update coming out for it at the end of this week.
DariusA92 2 points 3y ago
I had the same problem. I always use the ETI Eloquence add-on and a few others and when I updated I couldn't use any of them. I ended up uninstalling the new version and install the previous one again.
About the question you asked, I think most of the add-ons that are hosted on the official add-on repository will be updated to be compatible with the new version, but others like ETI Eloquence that are hosted elsewhere I'm not sure. Actually yesterday I wasn't able to access Jeff's add-on repository, where I have downloaded the ETI Eloquence and a few other add-ons. Not sure what's wrong with the website.
Seems we will have some trouble with NVDA for a while.
About the question you asked, I think most of the add-ons that are hosted on the official add-on repository will be updated to be compatible with the new version, but others like ETI Eloquence that are hosted elsewhere I'm not sure. Actually yesterday I wasn't able to access Jeff's add-on repository, where I have downloaded the ETI Eloquence and a few other add-ons. Not sure what's wrong with the website.
Seems we will have some trouble with NVDA for a while.
autistictechgirl1990 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I used that repository a while ago soon
prroxy 1 points 3y ago
It happened because of the updated python version. I have the latest version if interested send me a private message I will give you the latest Version with all addons updated.
autistictechgirl1990 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I managed to find the python three eloquence but it keeps crashing and I have to restart NVDA. Please could you send me the update that you have
prroxy 1 points 3y ago
autistictechgirl1990 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thank you for the link I have installed it
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
Did you get it from blindhelp.net
That’s where you can find the IBM eloquence, it’s good.
That’s where you can find the IBM eloquence, it’s good.
autistictechgirl1990 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
No I got it from Jeff repository
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
I’d recommend the IBM version.
bscross32 1 points 3y ago
NVDA before now was written in python 2.7, which is facing EOL this year. They had to port it over to Python 3, and in so doing, some other things got done as well. Sorry, that's just the way of things, they can't always be backward compatible. There was plenty, and I stress plenty of discussion about what would happen and how it would happen and what addons were and were not ready long before the update.
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