Screenshots wizard

This add-on provides a wizard to take screenshots of the entire screen or specific areas such as objects, windows, etc. It is activated by the print screen key which on standard keyboards is usually the first of the group of three to the right of F12. If you prefer to use another, it can be configured in the NVDA preferences, input gestures.

When the wizard is invoked, a virtual rectangle is created around the object with focus and a layer of keyboard commands is activated with the following

commands

Rectangle information

Keys 1 through 7 provide the following information:

The space key reads all this information in a row.

Object selection

The reference object is the object on the screen that is delimited by the rectangle at all times. First, this object will be the one with the focus of the system, but another can be selected with the following keys:

With down arrow the changes are undone.

Rectangle size

The size of the rectangle can be modified using the following keys:

The number of pixels for these movements can be changed with the page up and page down keys. Also in preferences.

By resizing the rectangle the reference object may change. It will always try to select the object that is centered, in the foreground and that occupies a larger area within the rectangle. Object changes will be announced when they occur.

OCR

Pressing R will recognize the text included in the rectangle. This may not work in some circumstances, for example if the rectangle is too small or if the Bluetooth audio addon is installed (there is a rare incompatibility).

Capture the image

Enter key captures the image of the screen area delimited by the rectangle, it is saved in a file and exits.

Shift+enter instead of just enter will bring up a dialog to choose where to save the screenshot instead of automatically saving it to the default folder.

Escape key cancels and exits.

Settings

In NVDA preferences, options, the following settings can be configured: