New improvements
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If a user wishes to hear Narrator updates consistently across all post-update reboots, they should utilize a USB headset to ensure the best experience. Users who do not utilize USB headsets may experience an inconsistent Narrator readout until the device finishes the updating process.
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When reading a document with Microsoft Word desktop application, Narrator will now announce the availability of a draft comment, a resolved comment, a bookmark, or accessibility suggestions that accessibility checker in Microsoft Word provides.
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Changed default “Context level” from 2 to 3 which will now announce “Immediate Context Name and Type”. The Control context type like “list” or “toolbar” will allow users to better understand the focused control like other screen readers.
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Narrator users are unblocked for typing Traditional Chinese characters in Windows by addition of Traditional Chinese dictionary for detailed reading.
General Fixes
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We have improved Narrator’s performance when it is used for longer. This improvement allow you to continuously use Narrator without it slowing down over time.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator would add an additional announcement “contains style” whenever its focus was on text that had styling attributes such as bullets and numbers across applications such as Microsoft Edge, Teams, Outlook, etc.
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Fixed an issue where a few dialog boxes in Narrator were not adopting the 200% text scaling setting on Windows.
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Fixed an issue where natural voices “Guy”, “Aria” and “jenny” were showing as uninstalled voices even after installation was complete.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator would not announce the availability of suggestions when searching for a voice language from Narrator settings.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator would not read the content in a Notepad file using continuous reading command Narrator key+down arrow key.
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Fixed an issue in Excel desktop application where Narrator was not consistently reading any item in the auto-complete list that comes when writing a formula.
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Fixed an issue in certain applications, including device manager, where narrator failed to announce the selected status of menu items.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator would incorrectly announce both the picked value and the unselected value in elements like date fields or any other element with a table structure,
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Fixed an issue on a few webpages where the Narrator was still announcing the old dialog names after users navigated to the new dialog.
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Fixed an issue where the Narrator would not read the Role of a control in online tables when using commands Ctrl+Alt+Arrow keys for table navigation.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator was not reading various list items in a combo box on various web pages when navigating with up and down arrow.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator was incorrectly announcing combo boxes as read-only even when users could select different values from the combo box list items.
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Addressed the issue where Narrator was not announcing the checked and unchecked status of radio buttons but was announcing selected for every item.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator was announcing older information while navigating in date/time picker using arrow keys.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator was incorrectly reading contents of previous cell and the current cell when navigating in a table using right and left arrow keys.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator is incorrectly reading older Window title even after navigating to inner control.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator is reading entire paragraph when up arrow is invoked in online word document.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator was incorrectly reading out last word of previous paragraph when a new paragraph started with a punctuation mark.
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Fixed a bug where Narrator was not announcing the character being deleted when using backspace key in some text fields on the web.
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Fixed an issue in narrator where while entering any number in CVV edit field, Narrator should only announce as “hidden”, instead of “CVV edit, hidden new line selected”.
Fixes in Scan mode
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Fixed an issue where Narrator is not able to detect different headings on some web pages in scan mode while using “h” key to navigate.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator scan mode arrow navigation skipped first item in container.
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Fixed an issue, where Narrator is skipping the first item after navigating via landmark using “d” key in scan mode.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator focus did not move past the first check box if there was a list of check boxes when using up and down arrow key in scan mode.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator was not activating combo box when navigating using up and down arrow and using enter/spacebar to activate it in scan mode.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator would collapse the combo boxes in scan mode when navigating with up and down arrows.
Improvements in Narrator with Braille:
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When navigating to any attachment in Outlook with scan mode, narrator announces the <Name> & <Size> of the attachment, the same is now reflected on braille display.
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Navigate to different headings in Scan Mode using down arrow, or 'Space+4' key in Braille device, now navigating to heading is reflected in Braille.
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When navigating a list with items, whenever Narrator announces index with the menu item name, Braille display also reflects the same index values as “1 of 4”.
Fixes in inconsistent behavior
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Fixed an issue where emoji panel in Windows would close when pressing tab key using Narrator.
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Fixed an issue in Narrator settings page where “select natural voice” text was not visible clearly when using “aquatic” high contrast theme.
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Fixed an issue where text was missing from the Narrator Settings Experimental Features area.
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Fixed an issue where navigation commands are not executed as expected in a dialog box when you enter the dialog the second time.
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Fixed an issue where Narrator find was not working consistently on web pages when using Narrator key + Ctrl + F key combination.
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