wouldn't you use event_foreground instead? event_gainFocus is called every time a control within the window gains focus. On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi Kyle, > Which methods did you try? > One of the NVDA IRC participants told me to try: > import appModuleHandler > import config > > # App Module code: > def event_gainFocus(): > if speakTypeChars == true: > keyoff = yes > > So in effect, you would have a global var inside the appModule that will > set this setting to off as long as the app is in focus. > Cheers, > Joseph > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Borah" <kgborah@xxxxxxx > To: <nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date sent: Mon, 27 May 2013 19:50:04 -0500 > Subject: [nvda-addons] Re: a bit of help > > I realize this. > > > > My question is can I make an app module such as the sleep function app > module… > > > > > import appModuleHandler > > > > class AppModule(appModuleHandler.**AppModule): > > > > sleepMode = True > > > > > > But for the speak typed characters function. I have tried many ways of > doing this and they have all failed. This would have to override the > global function that the NVDA +2 is set too. > > > > > > From: > nvda-addons-bounce@freelists.**org<nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[mailto: > nvda-addons-bounce@**freelists.org <nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On > Behalf Of Daniel Barich > Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 7:18 PM > To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [nvda-addons] Re: a bit of help > > > > If you look at the script in globalCommands.py for NVDA + 2, you can see > the code for doing this programmatically. However, it is a global setting > that affects all applications, whereas sleep mode is set separately for > each application. > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Shane Pastrovich < > stormwatcher77@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Yes. You can press NVDA and the 2 key to toggle on and off the speaking > of typed characters. I hope this helps. > > Shane > > On 5/27/2013 1:29 PM, Kyle Borah wrote: > > I was wondering, I know that the sleep function is something that can be > turned on and off via an app module. Is the speek typed character the same > way? like the sleep function. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---- > > NVDA add-ons Central: A list for discussing NVDA add-ons > > To post a message, send an email to nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. > > To unsubscribe, send an email with the subject line of "unsubscribe" > (without quotes) to > nvda-addons-request@freelists.**org<nvda-addons-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > . > > If you have questions for list moderators, please send a message to > nvda-addons-moderators@**freelists.org<nvda-addons-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > . > > Community addons can be found here: http://addons.nvda-project.org >