Steps to reproduce:

1. Run the latest Alpha build of NVDA.
2. Enable the speech viewer utility by checking the item from the tools menu of the NVDA menu.
3. Open a text editor like notepad and write some text.
4. Try to navigate letter by letter using the left and right arrows.

Actual behavior:

NVDA stays silent and does not report the character that the cursor reached

Expected behavior:

NVDA should report characters in the same way it does when the speech viewer utility is not enabled

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Portable, but getting the same results with the installed copy

NVDA version:

alpha-19604,7773e8ff

Windows version:

Windows 10, version 1909

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

None

Other information about your system:

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your PC?

Yes

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

The issue cannot be reproduced on 2019.3 beta 4

nvda broken caret speech.log