ZoomText - Keystrokes being missed

ZoomText - Keystrokes being missed

Problem

A ZoomText 2024 ot 2025 user encounters a problem with ZoomText causing a performance issue that causes some keystrokw input to be dropped whilst ZoomText is running which is resolved when ZoomText is not running. 

Applies to

  1. ZoomText

Resolution

Based on prevoius experience customers are advised to update to ZoomText 2025.2508.31 as this may fix the problem.  Please download one of the builds listed here:
  1. ZoomText 2025.2508.35 online 64bit installer
  2. ZoomText 2025.2508.35 offline 64bit installer

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