In-Process 13 June 2017: Firstly, the big news: NVDA 2017.2 is now available. Anyone with automatic updates enabled should have received a prompt to update. You can manually update NVDA by pressing NVDA+n to open the NVDA menu, pressing H for help then C to check for update. You can also download NVDA 2017.2 from… Read More

NV Access is committed to ensuring that blind or vision impaired people are able to independently and efficiently access the Windows Operating System and its applications, no matter their location, language or economic status. This means much of our work involves keeping up with changes in the Windows Operating System, and ensuring that NVDA can… Read More

Version 2017.2 of the free NVDA screen Reader from NV Access is now available for download. Highlights of this release include full support for audio ducking in the Windows 10 Creators Update; fixes for several selection issues in browse mode, including problems with select all; significant improvements in Microsoft Edge support; and improvements on the… Read More

NVDACon, NVDA 2017.2 RC1, a new training module about to drop and the number 42? Grab your towel, it’s time for another edition of In-Process!

NVDA 2017.2rc1 has just been released for testing. This is a release candidate, which means that unless any critical issues are found, this will be identical to the final 2017.2 release. Highlights of this release include full support for audio ducking in the Windows 10 Creators Update; fixes for several selection issues in browse mode,… Read More

With the recent news about Microsoft’s new Windows 10 S, which can only run third party apps from the Windows Store, we’ve been asked by several users whether we can make NVDA available in the Windows Store. In the past few years, users have also asked about making NVDA available for Windows 10 Mobile. Unfortunately,… Read More

This week, news about what we’ve all been up to, including preparations for NVDACon, NVDA 2017.2, and an in-depth look at the differences between temporary, portable and installed versions of NVDA.

Exciting new updates on the way, helped along by the team meeting face to face in Brisbane this week.

This week, we’ve got the inside scoop on unit testing, the release of the NVDA Certified Expert accreditation exam, and in case you missed it, a half hour interview the whole team did with JJ of Blind Bargains while we were at CSUN

NV Access is very pleased to offer NVDA Certified Expert accreditation. The certification tests your knowledge of all aspects of the free NVDA screen reader. The exam is online and available now at https://certification.nvaccess.org/. Free for anyone to sit, the test is time limited and takes less than an hour. Once you pass the exam,… Read More