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• Post #4461409

  Dear NVDA community, use the following PR as an example of what NOT to do (thank the PR writer for admitting the procedure used): https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/pull/20633 Please remember: when you submit NVDA issues/PR's dealing with web accessibility, testing changes on real (hopefully live) websites is crucial. NVDA issues on web accessibility with no code or real website example(s) brings headaches to developers. Sincerely, A concerned NVDA contributor

• Post #4341122

  Rui, thank you for everything you have done for the NVDA community - a prolific add-on author, translator, community moderator, to name a few. Your sudden passing over the weekend was a shock to me and the community. You will be missed. Rest in peace, colleague. Announcement on Rui Fontes' passing (source: NVDA add-ons forum, posted by a member of the NVDA Portuguese localization team): https://nvda-addons.groups.io/g/nvda-addons/message/27975

• Post #4341121

  The year: 2007. A blind high school student and an access tech guru met to discuss geeky stuff about tech. The teen, a BraileNote enthusiast, asked, "so, what is the programming language KeySoft is written in?" The guru, who happened to be the creator of KeySoft, said, "C++". The teenager was me, and the guru was none other than Jonathan Sharp. 1/

• Post #4341120

  For #NVDASR users: notice on Joseph Lee's add-ons and NVDA 2026.1 requirement (July 2026 update): https://nvda-addons.groups.io/g/nvda-addons/message/28058 TL:DR: * Affected add-ons: AudioScreen, Braille Essentials, Enhanced Touch Gestures, Event Tracker, GoldWave, ObjPad, Resource Monitor, StationPlaylist, Zoom Enhancements (Windows App Essentials was included initially but excluded later). * You must be running NVDA 2025.3.3 or later to receive add-on updates. Please update to NVDA 2...

• Post #4341119

  Calling braille users of JAWS and/or NVDA or folks thinking about exploring BrailleNote Evolve: While reading recent topics on the BrailleNote Evolve mailing list (a subgroup of BrailleNote mailing list), I realized that, for some, BNE is the first ever exposure to braille support features from screen readers. I would like your help answering some braille+screen reader questions on this thread: https://braillenote.groups.io/g/evolve/topic/discussion_and_q_a/120558459

• Post #3023381

  Now that NVDA 2026.1 release candidate is here, expect to see stable add-on updates compatible with the upcoming NVDA release. To start with, the following add-ons were updated: AudioScreen, Enhanced Touch Gestures, Event Tracker, GoldWave, ObjPad, Resource Monitor, StationPlaylist, Windows App Essentials, Zoom Enhancements. All of these will now require NVDA 2025.3.3, the last 32-bit NVDA release. More info at: https://groups.google.com/a/nvaccess.org/g/nvda-users/c/LAmnJPUNr3o #NVDASR

• Post #2497899

  Hmmm, should I bring back an NVDA add-on just to address issues with latest WebView2 based Microsoft Copilot? The latest Copilot release (147.0.x.y) is essentially a gateway to Copilot web interface, meaning browse mode will be engaged once a prompt is entered. One can then use browse mode commands to review the generated output (presented as a live region). This is the exact same mechanism used by Copilot app back in 2024. #A11Y

• Post #619960

  Guide: porting NVDA add-ons to 64-bit NVDA (2026.1): https://nvda-addons.groups.io/g/nvda-addons/topic/guide_how_to_port_add_ons_to/117685297 TL:DR: check the add-on code, look for 64-bit dependencies if needed, test the add-ons, then publish it (hopefully to the add-on store). Reason: add-ons are crucial part of the NVDA experience. Porting add-ons to 64-bit NVDA keeps them and NVDA relevant. The greatest thing that can happen to the community in 2026 is discovering the joys of using add-ons on...

• Post #352439

  @GamingWithEars@mastodon.stickbear.me @ppatel@mstdn.social @amir@dragonscave.space @NVAccess@fosstodon.org Actually, no. Based on the initial description, it changes the browse mode rendering logic to separate non-link text that follows a link text onto its own line. This is not the case with NVDA at the moment once screen layout is turned off.

• Post #239283

  Recently, Meta has updated WhatsApp to become a WebView2 application, and the NVDA community had several discssuions about it. But what exactly is a WebView2 app, and how can NVDA users work with these apps? Hope the following guide is useful: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda/message/119411?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,msedgewebview2,20,2,0,107202624 #NVDASR

• Post #195321

  FAQ 2: in Excel, can you change the column header/content annoucement? Curretly NVDA reorts cell content, cell coordinates (if told to do so), and then column header (column heades reporting must be configured). Answer: not without additional work. Currently NVDA is not brailling Excel cell column headers, so this must be resolved (issue is open on GitHub). Once this is done, a setting may need to be added to swap column header/content announcement. 4/

• Post #195303

  FAQ2 cont: GitHub issues: * Braille is not reporting Excel cell column headers: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/6901 * Reporting column headers before content in speech: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/4629 The first issue is a bit geeky as it discusses some technical background. As this is an implementation discussion for NVDA, HumanWare may not be the right entity to resolve this (this is a cross-device problem, not unique to BNE). 5/