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From: Brian Peters
Date: Aug 15, 2025 12:33PM
Subject: Glitch w/ Adobe Pro & free NDVA?
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Hi;
I hit what seems to be an odd glitch. I'm a deaf person who reviews/edits flyers for my agency, and I use the free version of NVDA (with my phone voice-to-text) to review the accessibility under "real world conditions" rather than trusting that everything will happen smoothly. I had the updated NVDA running in background when I tried to edit the pdf to correct something. Multiple times, I couldn't actually type any text until I turned off the NVDA in the background.
It's a weird glitch that I don't remember happening with the previous version of free NVDA. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
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From: Laura Fathauer
Date: Aug 15, 2025 1:13PM
Subject: Re: Glitch w/ Adobe Pro & free NDVA?
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Hi Brian-
It may not be switching to Forms mode for you to enter in data and is
still in Browse mode. Hitting the NVDA modifier key with the space bar
should toggle the mode.
Laura
On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM Brian Peters via WebAIM-Forum <
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> Hi;
>
> I hit what seems to be an odd glitch. I'm a deaf person who reviews/edits
> flyers for my agency, and I use the free version of NVDA (with my phone
> voice-to-text) to review the accessibility under "real world conditions"
> rather than trusting that everything will happen smoothly. I had the
> updated NVDA running in background when I tried to edit the pdf to correct
> something. Multiple times, I couldn't actually type any text until I
> turned off the NVDA in the background.
>
> It's a weird glitch that I don't remember happening with the previous
> version of free NVDA. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
>
> Brian Peters (He/His) * Advocacy & Accessibility Services Specialist
> Independence First * 540 S 1st Street * Milwaukee, Wisconsin * 53204
> Direct 414-937-5912 * Office 414-291-7520 V/Relay * Fax 414-226-8155
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From: Dean.Vasile---
Date: Aug 15, 2025 2:22PM
Subject: Re: Glitch w/ Adobe Pro & free NDVA?
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Hey Bryan
First all NVDA is free :-)
The next thing as I am not sure if you are aware of this having hearing issues.
However, NVDA has browse mode and focus mode.
If you want to browse the computer, your computer will be on browse mode.
If you need to edit in a field press caps lock or insert spacebar to enter into focus mode and then you can type.
If you are unable to browse the web, you may be in focus mode so press either caps lock or insert plus the spacebar again and then you’ll be able to enter back into browse mode
I hope this information helps. Good luck.
Dean Vasile
IAAP, CPACC
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> On Aug 15, 2025, at 2:34 PM, Brian Peters via WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
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> Hi;
>
> I hit what seems to be an odd glitch. I'm a deaf person who reviews/edits flyers for my agency, and I use the free version of NVDA (with my phone voice-to-text) to review the accessibility under "real world conditions" rather than trusting that everything will happen smoothly. I had the updated NVDA running in background when I tried to edit the pdf to correct something. Multiple times, I couldn't actually type any text until I turned off the NVDA in the background.
>
> It's a weird glitch that I don't remember happening with the previous version of free NVDA. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
>
> Brian Peters (He/His) * Advocacy & Accessibility Services Specialist
> Independence First * 540 S 1st Street * Milwaukee, Wisconsin * 53204
> Direct 414-937-5912 * Office 414-291-7520 V/Relay * Fax 414-226-8155
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From: Brian Peters
Date: Aug 18, 2025 9:48AM
Subject: Re: Glitch w/ Adobe Pro & free NDVA?
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Thanks.
I wasn't aware, no, because I didn't....read the directions. I just looked at the hot keys I would need, and sped ahead.
Thanks to everyone who responded, either publicly or directly.
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