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    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Write%20a%20response%20to%20this%20e-mail%2C%20making%20it%20sound%20as%20human%20as%20possible%2C%20but%20giving%20fact-checked%20detail.%20Hi%20all%2C%20My%20wife%20is%20using%20nvda%20version%202025.3.3.%20She%20is%20running%20google%20chrome%20and%20is%20using%20amazon.in.%20%20In%20the%20amazon%20search%20box%2C%20when%20she%20begins%20to%20type%20a%20search%20string%2C%20nvda%20begins%20speaking%20the%20suggestions.%20She%20finds%20that%20really%20distracting.%20Is%20there%20a%20way%20to%20mute%20the%20speaking%20of%20suggestions%3F%3F%20Pranav"
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        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Hi Pranav,\n\nThanks for reaching out with this question. I looked into it, and I couldn\u2019t find any setting in NVDA or Chrome that cleanly disables *only* the reading of Amazon\u2019s search suggestions while typing. However, there *are* a few approaches you might try to reduce or eliminate the distraction. I\u2019ll list them below, with what I found.\n\n---\n\n### What I checked / what I **couldn\u2019t** find\n\n- I couldn\u2019t locate anything in the NVDA 2025.3.3 release notes or settings documentation about a feature specifically to mute suggestion lists as they appear in edit fields.  \n- NVDA does offer different \u201cspeech modes\u201d (Talk, On-demand, Beeps, Off) and handles how much it reports automatically vs how much you have to explicitly ask it to speak. But nothing I saw shows a toggle for suggestions from autocomplete drop-downs specifically.  \n\n---\n\n### What *might* help\n\nHere are a few things I found that *may* improve the situation. Depending on how distracting the suggestions are (voice output, number of suggestions, etc.), one of these might work for your wife.\n\n1. **Use On-Demand speech mode**\n   - NVDA has different speech modes. In *On-demand* mode, NVDA only speaks when you use commands explicitly asking it to report something; it will *not* announce everything automatically. This could stop the suggestions from being spoken aloud unless you navigate to them.  \n   - To try this: press `NVDA + S` and toggle to *On-demand* mode. ([nvaccess-nvda.mintlify.app](https://nvaccess-nvda.mintlify.app/user-guide/speech-and-braille?utm_source=openai))\n\n2. **Adjust \"Speak typed characters/words\" settings**\n   - Sometimes NVDA will speak what you type and what it auto-completes. If you reduce how much it echoes typed content, fewer interruptions may happen.  \n   - Go to NVDA Menu \u2192 Preferences \u2192 Keyboard or Speech settings, and check the settings for \u201cSpeak typed characters,\u201d \u201cSpeak typed words,\u201d or similar options. Lowering them (for example, characters only in edit boxes, or turning off word echo) may reduce the noise.  \n\n3. **Limit by browser settings / autocomplete behavior**\n   - On the Chrome side: disabling Chrome\u2019s autocomplete / suggestion features might help reduce what NVDA has to announce. For instance, turning off \u201cAutocomplete searches and URLs\u201d or disabling suggestion providers could reduce or eliminate suggestion pop-ups in the first place.  \n   - Note: I couldn\u2019t find a guarantee that Google Chrome completely silences suggestion popups this way, but this is a common suggestion among users who find suggestions distracting.  \n\n4. **Custom solution \u2013 scripting or add-ons**\n   - If your wife is tech-savvy or willing to experiment, sometimes users create custom scripts or use Chrome extensions or NVDA add-ons to filter announcements or prevent certain UI elements from being exposed in accessibility trees.  \n   - This is more complex and might be brittle (because websites like Amazon may change UI behavior).\n\n---\n\n### What I\u2019d suggest trying first\n\nIf I were advising your wife, here\u2019s what I\u2019d try in this order, so that it\u2019s as easy as possible:\n\n1. Toggle NVDA into **On-demand speech mode** (`NVDA + S`) and see whether she still hears suggestions when typing in the Amazon search box. If the reading stops entirely until she explicitly asks (e.g. by arrowing to a suggestion), then that might solve it.\n\n2. If suggestions still interrupt, reduce typing echo (characters/words) via NVDA Settings \u2192 Keyboard / Speech.\n\n3. Then check Chrome\u2019s autocomplete / search suggestions settings, to see if turning them off or disabling the suggestion provider reduces the drop-downs.\n\n4. Finally, as a more \u201clast-resort,\u201d check if there is an NVDA add-on or some custom script to suppress announcements from suggestion lists, but that tends to be more technical.\n\n---\n\nIf you like, I can try to find whether there\u2019s a **newer NVDA version** (after 2025.3.3) or an **Amazon-specific workaround** (maybe in Amazon\u2019s mobile\u2010site vs desktop\u2010site) that offers a direct setting for this kind of thing. Would you prefer I dig into that?"
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