When a NVDA user activates a preview of the camera feed, they receive no announcement.

[msftedad]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Powerpoint app.
2. Start NVDA
3. Insert the cameo placeholder.
4. Tab to Ribbon section and navigate to the camera format tab.
5. Navigate to the Preview button and observe

Actual behavior:

When a NVDA user activates a preview of the camera feed, they receive no announcement informing them if the feed is activated or deactivated.

Expected behavior:

To hear an announcement from NVDA informing the user the camera feed has been activated or deactivated.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed

NVDA version:

2024.1.0.31547

Windows version:

Windows 11 Enterprise 23H2 22631.3672

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

Other information about your system:

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

NA

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

NA

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

NA

[seanbudd]

To hear an announcement from NVDA informing the user the camera feed has been activated or deactivated.

Is an event being sent off from powerpoint that we are not processing?

[msftedad]

Hi @seanbudd,

there is a UIA event fired where the name is appended to reflect the current state. The expectation is that NVDA will communicate the new name, or use this event to provide some other confirmation to a user.