Pressing alt+anything makes screen readers read the prompt, plus the current line. #19216

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opened 2026-01-31 06:37:08 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @trypsynth on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023).

Type: Accessibility, bug.
Screen reader: NVDA.
If I'm in Windows Terminal, and press, for example, Alt+B, my prompt gets reread, as well as the current line. This happens even if dynamic content change reporting is off in NVDA. One place where this comes up is when pressing Alt+B and Alt+F for previous and next word. I hear my prompt again before I hear the word spoken, which is horribly inefficient.

Originally created by @trypsynth on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023). Type: Accessibility, bug. Screen reader: NVDA. If I'm in Windows Terminal, and press, for example, Alt+B, my prompt gets reread, as well as the current line. This happens even if dynamic content change reporting is off in NVDA. One place where this comes up is when pressing Alt+B and Alt+F for previous and next word. I hear my prompt again before I hear the word spoken, which is horribly inefficient.
claunia added the Issue-BugNeeds-Tag-FixProduct-TerminalArea-Accessibility labels 2026-01-31 06:37:09 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#19216