Brief summary
No response
Steps to reproduce
Make sure the AI Image Descriptions feature is turned on and launch NVDA. You will get this in the log.
NVDA initialized
INFO - _localCaptioner.captioner.VitGpt2ImageCaptioner._loadVocab (07:42:08.773) - MainThread (18124):
Successfully loaded vocabulary with 50257 tokens
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (07:42:09.968) - watchdog (12072):
Starting freeze recovery after 0.5006044999900041 seconds.
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (07:42:10.018) - watchdog (12072):
Recovered from freeze after 0.5511586999928113 seconds.
Actual behavior
The AI Image Descriptions takes about 2 seconds to load on my hardware which is high end so it will only take more time on slower hardware.
Expected behavior
I would expect this to be loaded in the background so as not to impact NVDA startup time. Pressing the key to describe the image could say something like "AI Image Descriptions still loading" if the user pressed it while the loading" was still taking place in the background. If this is already planned then I'm sorry for the report, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments
No response
NVDA type
installed copy
NVDA version
alpha-52937,f535af1f (2026.1.0.52937)
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.
The feature was just introduced so it doesn't currently exist in earlier versions.
Windows version
Windows 11 [Version 10.0.26200.6725
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue
No response
Other information about your system
AMD X7950 with 64 GB of RAM and a PCI-E 5.0 SSD.
Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?
I have restarted my computer and the issue still occurs
If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?
I have restarted NVDA with add-ons disabled and the issue still occurs
Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?
I have run the COM Registration Fixing Tool and the issue still occurs
Brief summary
No response
Steps to reproduce
Make sure the AI Image Descriptions feature is turned on and launch NVDA. You will get this in the log.
NVDA initialized
INFO - _localCaptioner.captioner.VitGpt2ImageCaptioner._loadVocab (07:42:08.773) - MainThread (18124):
Successfully loaded vocabulary with 50257 tokens
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (07:42:09.968) - watchdog (12072):
Starting freeze recovery after 0.5006044999900041 seconds.
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (07:42:10.018) - watchdog (12072):
Recovered from freeze after 0.5511586999928113 seconds.
Actual behavior
The AI Image Descriptions takes about 2 seconds to load on my hardware which is high end so it will only take more time on slower hardware.
Expected behavior
I would expect this to be loaded in the background so as not to impact NVDA startup time. Pressing the key to describe the image could say something like "AI Image Descriptions still loading" if the user pressed it while the loading" was still taking place in the background. If this is already planned then I'm sorry for the report, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments
No response
NVDA type
installed copy
NVDA version
alpha-52937,f535af1f (2026.1.0.52937)
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.
The feature was just introduced so it doesn't currently exist in earlier versions.
Windows version
Windows 11 [Version 10.0.26200.6725
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue
No response
Other information about your system
AMD X7950 with 64 GB of RAM and a PCI-E 5.0 SSD.
Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?
I have restarted my computer and the issue still occurs
If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?
I have restarted NVDA with add-ons disabled and the issue still occurs
Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?
I have run the COM Registration Fixing Tool and the issue still occurs