The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2025.3 is now available for download and testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2025.3 release. By installing the RC you will be opting into NVDA’s beta/RC channel, and will only receive update notifications for these builds. The beta/RC channel will always keep you up to date with the latest NVDA version. The last RC in a release cycle is identical to the final stable release. To return to the stable release channel, upgrade manually to the latest stable build.
Links
- Download NVDA 2025.3rc1
- SHA256 sum:
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- What’s new in this release of NVDA
- Please report any issues on GitHub.
Highlights
This release includes improvements to Remote Access, SAPI5 voices, braille and the Add-on Store.
Add-ons in the Add-on Store can now be sorted by minimum/last tested NVDA version and install date.
Remote Access has had several minor fixes and improvements including adding a command to send control+alt+delete and remembering recent connection settings. There are also fixes for connection and audio issues.
Braille improves with smarter word wrap, stable table selection across language changes, and optional USB auto-detection for Dot Pad.
There are several bug fixes for SAPI5 voices, including fixes for excessive leading silence trimming, freezing issues, and audio gaps.
eSpeak NG and Unicode CLDR have been updated. Localisation data for emojis has been added for Belarusian and Bosnian.
