Thanks for sharing this, glad to know that NVDA has this option built in.

Regards,
Siva

On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM Chinnakaruppasamy P <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> No Ad-on required.
> Enable this option "Delayed descriptions for characters on cursor
> movement" from NVDA menu>Preference>Settings>Speech.
>
>
> CK
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM Ruhin Bhattasali <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I had tried NVDA + . but it did not work for me. However, I found the
>> advanced phonetics add-on and after installing it I am able to hear the
>> phonetics along with the letter. So, the issue is resolved. Thanks for the
>> suggestions.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ruhin
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM Siva Priya <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ruhin,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It seems NVDA doesn’t have a single “always-on” toggle for phonetics.
>>> Instead, you can use these shortcuts with focus on the character you want
>>> to check:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - Laptop layout:
>>>
>>> Press NVDA + . (period) twice quickly to hear the phonetic description.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Desktop layout:
>>>
>>> Press Numpad 2 twice quickly to hear the phonetic description of the
>>> current character.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I tested the laptop layout shortcut and it worked for me — hope this
>>> helps resolve the issue.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Siva Priya
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM Ruhin Bhattasali <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> Greetings of the day
>>>>
>>>> I am writing this mail to ask regarding announcing of related words
>>>> while performing character navigation.
>>>>
>>>> In mobile phones using both voiceover and talkback we can observe that
>>>> while navigating character by character the words are also told like alpha
>>>> for a, beta for b and charlie for c. I wish to achieve the same with NVDA
>>>> because sometimes 'M' and 'N' and also 'B' and 'V' sound similar so in long
>>>> math equations I am getting confused.
>>>> Just for information I am using Windows 11 HP laptop with latest
>>>> version of NVDA.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward for any help in this matter.
>>>>
>>>> With kind regards
>>>>
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