Release Candidate 1 of NVDA 2019.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what NVDA 2019.1 has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the RC and provide feedback. This is a release candidate, meaning that unless any critical bugs are found,… Read More

Beta1 of NVDA 2019.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what NVDA 2019.1 has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the beta and provide feedback. Highlights of this release include performance improvements when accessing both Microsoft word and Excel, stability… Read More

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2018.4 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, has now been released. 2018.4.1 Update (January 14 2018): This release fixes a crash at start up if NVDA’s user interface language is set to Aragonese. (#9089) Highlights of this release include performance improvements in recent Mozilla… Read More

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2018.3 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, has now been released. Updates: Minor release (2018.3.2) has been made available which works around a crash seen in Google Chrome when navigating tweets on www.twitter.com. Minor release (2018.3.1) has been made available which addresses a crash… Read More

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2018.2 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, has now been released. Update: a minor 2018.2.1 release has since been made which just updates translations for some languages. Highlights of this release include Support for tables in Kindle for PC, support for HumanWare BrailleNote Touch… Read More

Hi everyone, Next weekend, June 1 – 3 2018, is the 5th annual NVDACon. It’s an online conference you can attend from the comfort of your own home. The theme this year is “Future-proofing NVDA”. There are sessions to suit regular users, as well as those interested in the more technical aspects of add-on development.… Read More

NV Access is today releasing a small update to NVDA 2018.1 to handle changes to the OneCore Windows speech in Windows 10. For those running Windows Insider builds, you may have noticed recently that OneCore Windows speech voices started talking a little bit like a chipmunk. This is due to their sample rate changing in… Read More

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2018.1 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, has now been released. Highlights of this release include support for charts in Microsoft word and PowerPoint, support for new braille displays including Eurobraille and the Optelec protocol converter, improved support for Hims and Optelec braille displays,… Read More

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2017.4 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, has now been released. Highlights of this release include many fixes and enhancements to web support including browse mode for web dialogs by default, better reporting of field group labels in browse mode, support for new Windows… Read More

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