allow the user to say a custom message when a profile is started

[fernando-jose-silva]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have already mentioned this need in other suggestions, but unfortunately the problem did not evolve. I had another idea to implement what I want.
I am a computer and cell phone instructor for visually impaired people. I notice that my students have basic questions during the classes. That is why I would like to customize some copies of nvda for better use by them. This is temporary, and when they feel ready, they can remove the customizations.
Examples:
When pressing the start menu, many users want to type the initial letter of the item until the desired item gains focus. We know that this does not work. They must type what they want to search for.
Other users enter the explorer window and forget to search for their pendrive with the arrows.
My suggestion is that the user or instructor, regardless of whether they can type a text to be read automatically when a profile is activated.

Describe the solution you'd like

In the rules for activating a profile, there may be a text box called Enter text to be announced when this profile is activated.
If the user types a text, nvda will announce this text when the profile is enabled.
If the user leaves this field blank, nvda will not read anything, current behavior.
This field may have character size limitations, if the concern is performance.
I suggested this way of configuring it, but other ways are accepted as long as the suggested functionality exists, that is, that there is the reading of a text entered by the user every time a profile is started, if desired.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

My intention is to create some configuration profiles for some screens such as Start, Word, among others, to set them to start automatically when the application is opened, and to announce a text typed by me (or the user), when the profile starts running.
This may not always work on all the occasions I want, but in many cases it will work.

[seanbudd]

We agree this is a problem but think the suggested solution is not ideal.
We would accept a single config option "announce the name of the profile when switching" that always announces the names of config profiles when switching.

[fernando-jose-silva]

Perfect, thank you very much, what I would ask, I would say, to be considered, is that the name of a profile can be generous with the number of characters, allow space, and some punctuation.
So that when the screen reader pronounces the name of the profile, and reads help, it does not read too strangely.
Thank you very much.

[XLTechie]

Can you solve that by capitalizing the first letter of each word? Or does that not work in non-English? For example, "thisisatest" sounds weird, but "thisIsATest" sounds the same as "this is a test".

[nvdaes]

I may create a PR for this, just for annnounce the name of profiles when switching automatically, not manually.
Sometimes this can be useful to know if a different profile is loaded.

[Adriani90]

This announcement should definitely be optional, maybe a checkbox in the profiles manager dialog.

[nvdaes]

Adriani wrote:

This announcement should definitely be optional, maybe a checkbox in the profiles manager dialog.

OK. I had thought to make a checkbox in the general settings dialog, but for me your suggestion is right too.
Also, I don't know if we should create an unassigned command to toggle this. This is not available for othe options relative to profiles, but may be useful.

[nvdaes]

Also, when profiles are deactivated, "Normal configuration" should be announced to know that this is been active and that settings will be saved in general, not for a specified profile.

[nvdaes]

Hello:
I'm trying possible ways of implementing this feature, but results for me aren't optimal.
For example, if after swittching applications NVDA says a long message, nothing may be reported regarding profiles, or the message about profiles can be interrupted by other NVDA speech output.
I have tried with core.callLater, with different delays, and even changing the speech sequence with extension points, and using post config profile switch and post app switch extension points.
Implementations work many times, but the work doesn't produce optimal results from my side.
So, if someone wants to take this, for me it's OK.

[Adriani90]

Did you try with cancellable speech disabled in NVDA advanced settings?Von meinem iPhone gesendetAm 23.11.2024 um 11:36 schrieb Noelia Ruiz Martínez ***@***.***>: Hello: I'm trying possible ways of implementing this feature, but results for me aren't optimal. For example, if after swittching applications NVDA says a long message, nothing may be reported regarding profiles, or the message about profiles can be interrupted by other NVDA speech output. I have tried with core.callLater, with different delays, and even changing the speech sequence with extension points, and using post config profile switch and post app switch extension points. Implementations work many times, but the work doesn't produce optimal results from my side. So, if someone wants to take this, for me it's OK. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>