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Weird issue with NVDA in windows 11 (self.Blind)
submitted by jjr_blind_java_dev
So I just upgraded to windows 11 and I went to do some of my college coursework. When I started up NVDA, I noticed that NVDA will do a number of things on windows 11 that it didn’t do in windows 10.
The first thing being sometimes its speech would cut in and out or outright get interrupted out of nowhere and stop speaking. The second thing being it would not speak at all when trying to navigate through file explorer. And the third thing being it would not read the contents of a word document. I’m sure there are other things, too but those are the first things that I noticed. Has anyone else here ran into those problems? I should also mention that I am on the latest version of NVDA.
The first thing being sometimes its speech would cut in and out or outright get interrupted out of nowhere and stop speaking. The second thing being it would not speak at all when trying to navigate through file explorer. And the third thing being it would not read the contents of a word document. I’m sure there are other things, too but those are the first things that I noticed. Has anyone else here ran into those problems? I should also mention that I am on the latest version of NVDA.
NoConfidence_2192 4 points 1y ago
You performed an in place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 and NVDA was installed prior to the update? The operating system update will have added and changed a number of devices and really messed with the COM registrations that NVDA relies on. You might want to try running the NVDA COM Registration Fixing Tool. You can find it under Tools in the NVDA menu.
TechnicalPragmatist 2 points 1y ago
Have you tried a clean version, uninstall and reinstall type of thing?
bradley22 2 points 1y ago
I’ve not had that but I’ve had it not read the start menu, I had to restart it.
Are you using Bluetooth headphones?
Are you using Bluetooth headphones?
Seedy-Threepio 1 points 1y ago
I can certainly relate to the file explorer thing. Unfortunately, at least for me, this is a long-standing problem that spans many versions of both NVDA and Windows, including NVDA 2017.3 on Windows XP! I haven't figured out a way to work around this issue, other than completely restarting the OS, which is a pain in the backside, especially if I'm working on multiple projects at once.
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