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opened 2026-01-31 06:37:14 +00:00 by claunia · 6 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:37:14 +00:00
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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.
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:37:15 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023):

Which shell are you using in the Terminal? CMD, PowerShell, bash, zsh...?

Which version of NVDA are you using?

Which version of Terminal/?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023): Which shell are you using in the Terminal? CMD, PowerShell, bash, zsh...? Which version of NVDA are you using? Which version of Terminal/?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:37:15 +00:00
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@trypsynth commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023):

HI,
It happens in both WSL and CMD (I haven't tried anything else).
NVDA version doesn't seem to matter. I've tried 2022.3, 2022.4, and the latest alpha, all of them do it.
Windows Terminal 1.15.3466.0

@trypsynth commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023): HI, It happens in both WSL and CMD (I haven't tried anything else). NVDA version doesn't seem to matter. I've tried 2022.3, 2022.4, and the latest alpha, all of them do it. Windows Terminal 1.15.3466.0
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:37:15 +00:00
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@trypsynth commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023):

Hi,
After some further testing, this doesn't happen with Narrator or JAWS. Its possible this is a bug in NVDA, or perhaps JAWS and Narrator are doing something specific to work around it. It also happens in Powershell, to add onto my earlier comment.

@trypsynth commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2023): Hi, After some further testing, this doesn't happen with Narrator or JAWS. Its possible this is a bug in NVDA, or perhaps JAWS and Narrator are doing something specific to work around it. It also happens in Powershell, to add onto my earlier comment.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:37:16 +00:00
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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2023):

@codeofdusk thoughts?

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2023): @codeofdusk thoughts?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:37:16 +00:00
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@zersiax commented on GitHub (Apr 12, 2024):

I see this issue has been quiet for over 15 (?!) months. Does this still occur and are we any closer to a fix?

@zersiax commented on GitHub (Apr 12, 2024): I see this issue has been quiet for over 15 (?!) months. Does this still occur and are we any closer to a fix?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:37:16 +00:00
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@lhecker commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2024):

I just tested this in cmd and it indeed doesn't seem to happen anymore. Thanks!

@lhecker commented on GitHub (Apr 17, 2024): I just tested this in cmd and it indeed doesn't seem to happen anymore. Thanks!
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