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No Speech Feedback Changing Durations in Normal Mode

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Description

Issue type

Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)

Description with steps to reproduce

In 4.6 there is speech feedback when you select a new duration option in Note Input mode, but no feedback in Normal mode when the note is actually changed.

  1. Press N to make sure you are in Normal mode.
  2. With focus on any note or rest press a number key to change that note value. Notice the note value changes but there is no speech feedback. The user has to arrow on and off the note to see that it has in fact changed.
  3. Press W or Q to half/double the note duration. Again notice that the note changes but there is no speech feedback from the screen reader to announce the change.
  4. Press N to go to Note Input by Letter mode and repeat the above steps. Notice that this time as each input type is changed the screen reader announces the duration.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

N/A

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.6.1

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

Windows 11 with NVDA

Additional context

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in MuseScore Studio 4.6.1 on Windows with NVDA, comparing Normal mode with Note Input by Letter mode. Trace the handling for number keys and W/Q duration changes and compare it with the existing speech feedback path; done means NVDA announces each changed duration in Normal mode.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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