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NV Access are very pleased to announce the release of NVDA 2024.2! Please download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-2/

Highlights include Sound Split, numerous new keystrokes, new Braille mode & other features, updates to eSpeak, LibLouis & other dependencies & programs.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #A11y #Accessibility #New #Release #FOSS #Update #NewVersion

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NVDA 2024.2 Released

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2024.2 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version. Highlig…
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@carrottop1023 That was going to be my question :) Glad you got there - yes we do sometimes see weird things misbehaving in that time between updating NVDA and the next restart of the PC. We should perhaps be more insistent about restarting the PC, although it often works fine (which itself leads people to be complacent about rebooting). If you do have any more issues, please do let us know!
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Dave Taylor
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hmm, I just updated my NVDA, and when I try p or shift-p it says not supported in this document, including in your user guide, whatever brower I try
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@davetaylor2112 Are other quick navigation keys working (H for heading, etc)? The first thing to try is restarting the PC. We do often see odd issues just after updating NVDA and before restarting the PC. Looking in the User Guide currently, I can use p / shift+p to move between paragraphs
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Other quick nav keys are indeed working, and Ihad already restarted
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@davetaylor2112 And if you press NVDA+n, h, a, it definitely tells you it is NVDA 2024.2 running?

Which browser are you using? And using say the user guide, you are definitely in the document itself (not in a browser toolbar or somewhere like that).

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Correct to both, and, I've tried various documents in Edge, Brave and Firefox, and the userguide in Edge, as that's my default
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@davetaylor2112 If you restart NVDA with add-ons disabled, (NVDA+q, down arrow to "restart with add-ons disabled" and enter) does it make a difference? I wonder if it is a keystroke which is being taken over by an add-on rather than the paragraph function.
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Oh my god, you're right, that one is an addon, but which! I can't think what would be doing that!
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Right, the key conflict with P is caused by the screen wrapping addon. It doesn't have any keystrokes you can edit in input gestures that ican see, so this is an odd one, but I've contacted the author. I haven't had the control key problem for a while, and I'm not getting anywhere with what's causing my menu update debug entries at all. It seems to be when *any* addon is running.
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Right, I've also found some other issues I was having, but the keyboard one is impossible because it happens so inconsistently
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Stephanie Appleby
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I just updated to the latest without having to reboot! I don't use websites all that often but the voice I'm using right now is still working!
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@cub80_appleby Hey that's fantastic! We weren't expecting anything to break, but it's always good to have confirmation.
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