NVDA global commands extension

• Author: PaulBer19 (paulber19@laposte.net)
• URL: https://github.com/paulber19/NVDAExtensionGlobalPlugin.git
• Download:
  • stable version
  • developpement version
• Compatibility:
  • minimum supported NVDA version: 2025.1
  • last tested NVDA version: 2026.1

Traductor (s): automatic translation from french language

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The add-on adds to NVDA:

The features

some features can be enabled or disabled individually.

• Display of the list of icons in the notification area or windows of applications launched,

• Help in the composition of a symbol that is complex such as, for example, a a e related, a symbol power of 2 and possibility to add its own categories and symbols,

• Announcement or display of information about the application under focus, such as its version, the active configuration profile, loaded add-on,

• Extension of the functionality of the virtual buffer for browsers Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome:

  • new commands for navigation mode (paragraph, division, anchor, main landmark),
  • new types of elements for the dialog box opened by "NVDA+F7" (radio button, paragraph, frame, checkBox, etc) with the announcement of the number of items found,
  • announcement of the address (URL) of the document,
  • option to browse in a loop in search of a next or previous item,
  • scripts to click at the current position of the browser object,
  • scripts for tables:
    • announcement of the position of the current cell,
    • move to the next or previous column / row with reading of the cells composing it,
    • move to the first / last cell of the row / column (keep for NVDA versions lower than 2022.2),
    • announcement of the cells of the current column / row.

• Announcement of the function associated with editing commands style Copy, cut or Paste with:

  • adding the selected text to the clipboard,
  • emptying the clipboard,
  • improvement of the NVDA base script "NVDA+c" which announces the text in the clipboard,

• Announcement of the pre-selected folder in the "Open, Save", "Save as" style dialog boxes,

• Open previous or current NVDA log and copy their path to clipboard,

• history of voice speechs,

• renaming keyboard keys,

• selective announcement of command keys,

• simple countdown timer,

• restarting NVDA in "debugging" logging level by simple input gesture,

• display of visible elements making up the object in the foreground and possibility to move to or click on the elements,

• quick voice profile switching,

• persistence of NVDA and modification keys and specific persistence for the gmail.com site,

• shutdown, restart or Hibernate the computer,

• management of input gestures configured by user,

• sound control:

  • mute or unmute volume for the focused application,
  • manually or automatically establish the main sound and that of the NVDA audio source,
  • modify the level of the main volume or that of the audio source of the application under focus,
  • automatic recovery of the main volume and NVDA when loading the extension,
  • temporary use of an audio output device without impacting the NVDA configuration,
  • orientation of the application and NVDA audio output,

• Tools for development of add-on,

• Complements regarding the date and time:

  • copy of the date and time to the clipboard,
  • Announce the time on the Windows clock with seconds,
  • announcement of the time independent of the punctuation level.

• user configurations management and NVDA restarting with precise configuration,

• text analyser,

• quick add-ons activation / desactivation.

The options

• remove the announcement from the description of the objects in the Windows ribbons,
• automatic window maximization,
• systematic announcement of punctuation marks when moving by word,
• possibility of signaling spelling errors by a double beep or by a voice announcement instead of the sound emitted by NVDA.
• possibility to block the "Insert" and "Caps lock" keys,
• Pronunciation of non-alphanumeric characters when per-character keyboard echo is disabled.

The advanced options

• Signaling by a sound of the entry of an error in the log of NVDA,
• Title of the add-on's dialog boxes with the add-on's summary,
• configuration of the wait time delay for repeating the same input gesture,
• possible use of numeric keypad keys as standard,
• possibility to limit the repetition of keys.

Various other elements

• menu to explore user configuration folder or NVDA program folder,
• presentation of text formatting information in a dialog box instead of an HTML document,
• Announcement of confirmation style dialog box text even if item description announcement is disabled,
• announcement of the cursor position in the edit boxes,
• script to emulate the "Applications" key,
• script to close all open windows,
• script to display the list of running add-ons,
• possibility of executing scripts from the "Input gestures" dialog,
• automatic selection of the category in the dialog "Input gestures",
• Selection of the last setting used in the synthesizer settings ring,
• enhancements for Windows Explorer:
  • a script to announce the access path of the folder or the file which is under the cursor of the Windows explorer, or copy this path in the clipboard.
  • a script to announce, going up the folder tree, the name of the folders making up the path of the folder containing the element under the cursor.