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Is there a way to make NVDA stop announcing spelling errors as I type?
I am writing longer documents in Word and NVDA says "spelling error" after almost every word while I am still typing the sentence. I still want to check spelling afterwards. I just do not want the…
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Why does my Braille display keep disconnecting from my iPhone?
I have a Focus 40 Blue paired with an iPhone 15 running iOS 18. It connects fine, but after about ten minutes of reading it drops and I have to forget the device and pair it again. It only seems to…
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How do I stop JAWS from reading every table header twice?
On some websites JAWS announces the column header, then the row header, then the column header again before it reads the cell. It happens on my bank's transaction history but not on other sites. Is…
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