[nabs-l] NVDA lag issues

[Cory McMahon]

Hoping you're able to resolve your NVDA issues!

Sincerely,

Cory McMahon

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From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Meaghan Roper
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Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 9:41 AM
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Cc: Meaghan Roper <ropermeaghan at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NVDA lag issues

Hi Steve and Louis,

Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately we are not using JAWS because we run
these tests for the largest markets and that's for users running NVDA. If it
were up to me we'd be using JAWS, though. Thanks for the help; I'm hoping it
works.

Best,

Meaghan

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Steve Jacobson via NABS-L <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Meaghan,
>
> I don't know if these suggestions will help, but here they are.  
> First, Windows 10 does some checking and downloading that sometimes is 
> initiated when it starts up.  You might try rebooting your computer as 
> you have already done, but then just waiting ten minutes or so before 
> starting serious testing.  I am not saying you always need to do that, 
> although waiting a minute or two after booting is not a bad practice.  
> Windows Defender also scans your system periodically and that can have an
effect.
>
> The second thing I would suggest is to try a different speech engine 
> in case the speech you are using is being affected by something.
>
> A third suggestion is to try closing NVDA and starting Narrator when 
> you have a problem to see if Narrator is affected.  If Narrator is 
> running all right, that points a finger at NVDA.  If you have any 
> other screen readers, check performance out with them as well.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
>
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> Meaghan via NABS-L
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> Cc: Roper, Meaghan <ropermeaghan at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] NVDA lag issues
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I use NVDA in my office to run accessibility tests on a program we're 
> building and for the last week my colleague and I have been having 
> major lagging issues with NVDA. I don't see any updates available but 
> we're both running NVDA on Windows 10 on PCs with 8GB RAM and spend 
> half our days re-booting from a cold start just to get the screen 
> talking again. I'm not a regular NVDA user otherwise and I'm wondering 
> if any daily users are experiencing similar problems? Any tips would 
> be greatly appreciated since it's slowing our progress.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Meaghan
>
> Meaghan Roper
> Wheelock college | Class of 2018
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