- Authors: Joseph Lee, Derek Riemer and other Windows 10 users
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- NVDA compatibility: 2019.3 and beyond
This add-on is a collection of app modules for various Windows 10 apps, as well as enhancements and fixes for certain windows 10 controls.
The following app modules or support modules for some apps are included (see each app section for details on what is included):
- Calculator (modern).
- Calendar
- Cortana (Conversations)
- Maps
- Microsoft Store
- Modern keyboard (emoji panel/dictation/hardware input suggestions/cloud clipboard history/modern input method editors)
- People
- Settings (system settings, Windows+I)
- Weather.
- Miscellaneous modules for controls such as Start Menu tiles.
Notes:
- This add-on requires Windows 10 Version 1903 (build 18362) or later and NVDA 2019.3 or later. For best results, use the add-on with latest Windows 10 stable release (build 18363) and latest stable version of NVDA.
- Some add-on features are or will be part of NVDA screen reader.
- For entries not listed below, you can assume that features are part of NVDA, no longer applicable as the add-on does not support old Windows 10 releases, or changes were made to Windows 10 and apps that makes entries no longer applicable.
For a list of changes made between each add-on releases, refer to changelogs for add-on releases document.
- NVDA will no longer play error tones or do nothing if this add-on becomes active from Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and unsupported releases of Windows 10.
- Submenu items are properly recognized in various apps, including context menu for Start menu tiles.
- In addition to dialogs recognized by NVDA, more dialogs are now recognized as proper dialogs and reported as such, including Insider Preview dialog (settings app).
- NVDA can announce suggestion count when performing a search in majority of cases. This option is controlled by "Report object position information" in Object presentation panel found in NVDA settings.
- When searching in Start menu or File Explorer in Version 1909 (November 2019 Update) and later, instances of NVDA announcing search results twice when reviewing results are less noticeable, which also makes braille output more consistent when reviewing items.
- In certain context menus (such as in Edge), position information (e.g. 1 of 2) is no longer announced.
- The following UIA events are recognized: controller for, drag start, drag cancel, drag complete, drag target enter, drag target leave, drag target dropped, element selected, item status, live region change, notification, system alert, text change, tooltip opened, window opened. With NVDA set to run with debug logging enabled, these events will be tracked, and for UIA notification event, a debug tone will be heard if notifications come from somewhere other than the currently active app.
- It is possible to tracke only specific events and/or events coming from specific apps.
- When opening, closing, or switching between virtual desktops, NVDA will announce current desktop name (desktop 2, for example).
- NVDA will no longer announce Start menu size text when changing screen resolutions or orientation.
- When arranging Start menu tiles or Action Center quick actions with Alt+Shift+arrow keys, NVDA will announce information on dragged items or new position of the dragged item.
- When ENTER or Escape is pressed, NVDA will announce calculation results.
- For calculations such as unit converter and currency converter, NVDA will announce results as soon as calculations are entered.
- NVDA will no longer announce "heading level" for calculator results.
- NVDA will notify if maximum digit count has been reached while entering expressions.
- Added support for always on mode in Calculator version 10.1908 and later.
- NVDA no longer announces "edit" or "read-only" in message body and other fields.
Most items are no longer applicable on Version 1903 and later.
- Textual responses from Cortana are announced in most situations.
- NVDA will be silent when talking to Cortana via voice.
- In Version 1909 (November 2019 Update) and later, modern search experience in File Explorer powered by Windows Search user interface is supported.
- When reviewing items in messages list, you can now use table navigation commands to review message headers. Note that navigating between rows (messages) is not supported.
- When writing a message, appearance of at mention suggestions are indicated by sounds.
- NVDA plays location beep for map locations.
- When using street side view and if "use keyboard" option is enabled, NVDA will announce street addresses as you use arrow keys to navigate the map.
- After checking for app updates, app names in list of apps to be updated are correctly labeled.
- When downloading content such as apps and movies, NVDA will announce product name and download progress.
This includes emoji panel, clipboard history, dictation, hardware input suggestions, and modern input method editors for certain languages. When viewing emojis, for best experience, enable Unicode Consortium setting from NvDA's speech settings and set symbol level to "some" or higher.
- When opening clipboard history, NVDA will no longer announce "clipboard" when there are items in the clipboard under some circumstances.
- On some systems running Version 1903 (May 2019 Update) and later, NVDA will no longer appear to do nothing when emoji panel opens.
- Added support for modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) IME candidates interface introduced in Version 2004 (build 18965 and later).
- When searching for contacts, first suggestion will be announced, particularly if using recent app releases.
- Certain information such as Windows Update progress is reported automatically, including Storage sense/disk cleanup widget and errors from Windows Update.
- Progress bar values and other information are no longer announced twice.
- For some combo boxes and radio buttons, NVDA will no longer fail to recognize labels and/or announce value changes.
- NVDA will no longer appear to do nothing or play error tones if using object navigation commands under some circumstances.
- Windows Update reminder dialog is recognized as a proper dialog.
- Odd control labels seen in certain Windows 10 installations has been corrected.
- In more recent revisions of Version 1803 and later, due to changes to Windows Update procedure for feature updates, a "download and install now" link has been added. NVDA will now announce the title for the new update if present.
- Tabs such as "forecast" and "maps" are recognized as proper tabs (patch by Derek Riemer).
- When reading a forecast, use the left and right arrows to move between items. Use the up and down arrows to read the individual items. For example, pressing the right arrow might report "Monday: 79 degrees, partly cloudy, ..." pressing the down arrow will say "Monday" Then pressing it again will read the next item (Like the temperature). This currently works for daily and hourly forecasts.