Note Diary for NVDA

An NVDA add-on that allows you to create, modify, import, and export notes quickly and efficiently.

Features

• Diary and Chapter Management: Organize your notes into diaries and chapters for a better structure.
• Quick Editing: Open and edit chapters with ease.
• Import and Export: Save and restore your diaries and chapters in .ndn files.
• Integrated Search: Quickly find diaries and chapters by name.
• Enhanced Accessibility: Designed with accessibility in mind for NVDA users.
• Customizable Sounds: Configure sounds for key events in the add-on.

Installation

1. Download the latest version of the add-on from the download link.
2. Open the downloaded .nvda-addon file.
3. Confirm the installation when prompted by NVDA.
4. Restart NVDA for the changes to take effect.

How to use the add-on

To use the add-on, follow these steps:

1. Open the add-on: Access Note Diary from the NVDA menu, under Tools > Note Diary. You can assign a keyboard shortcut in Preferences > Input Gestures under the Note Diary category.
2. Create a diary: Press the More options menu button and select New diary, or use CTRL+N in the diary tree. Enter the name of the diary (e.g., "My personal diary", "Python Course").
3. Create chapters: With the diary selected, press More options > New chapter, or use CTRL+P. Give the chapter a name (e.g., "Class 01 Hello world", "07/05/2025").
4. Write in a chapter: Select a chapter and press Enter, or Applications / Shift+F10 and select Edit. Start writing in the multiline field.
5. Save the chapter: Press Alt+G or navigate with Tab to the Save button and press it. If there are changes and you close the window, you will be asked if you want to save.

Interface Explanation

The diary list

It is a tree view that allows you to navigate through diaries and chapters. Diaries are at level 0. Use the up/down arrows to move, Enter or left/right arrows to expand/collapse diaries. You can also navigate with the letters of the alphabet.

The more options button

When you press this button or focus it and press the down arrow, the following options appear:

• New diary: Creates a new diary.
• New chapter: Creates a new chapter in the selected diary.
• Import diaries: Restores diaries from a .ndn file.
• Export diaries: Saves all your diaries and chapters in a .ndn file for backup or sharing.
• Help: Contains About... (basic information about the add-on) and Documentation (opens this file in the browser).

Read-only information box

After the diary list, you will find a read-only edit box with basic information about the selected diary or chapter.

• Diaries: Shows name, creation date, modification date, and number of chapters.
• Chapters: Shows chapter name, the diary it belongs to, creation date, modification date, and number of pages.

The close button

Closes the add-on window. You can also use the Escape key.

Keyboard shortcuts list

Main window

• Ctrl+N: Creates a new diary.
• Ctrl+P: Creates a new chapter in the selected diary.
• Delete: Deletes a diary (with all its chapters) or a chapter.
• Enter: Opens/closes a diary; opens the editing window for a chapter.
• F5: Refreshes the window.
• F2: Renames the selected diary or chapter.
• F1: Opens this document.
• Applications or Shift+F10: Opens a context menu for the selected diary or chapter.

Useful shortcuts in the main window

• Alt+M: Opens the More options menu.
• Alt+D: Focuses the diary list.
• Alt+I: Focuses the information editing box.
• Alt+C: Closes the add-on window.

Useful shortcuts inside the chapter editing window

• Alt+N: Focuses the editing field.
• Alt+P: Copies all the chapter content to the clipboard.
• Alt+G: Saves the chapter.
• Alt+C: Closes the chapter dialog.

Add-on Configuration

In the NVDA options, under Note Diary, you can enable or disable the add-on's sounds. When activated, sounds will be played on events such as changing the diary or chapter.

Download

You can download the latest version of the add-on from the following link: Download Note Diary for NVDA

Contributors

Credits to the following users for collaborating with part of the source code and with some functionalities:

• Héctor J. Benítez Corredera: Implemented the initial part of this add-on.
• metalalchemist: Implementation of some of the add-on's functionalities.

© 2023-2025 Johan G

Changelog

You can see all changes and versions of the add-on in the Changelog.