NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA)

NV Access would like to announce the release of NVDA 2015.3. To find out more or to download a copy, please see the ​official NV Access announcement. Changes from rc1: Fix the thousands separator when using German speech. Windows 10 will no ... [More] longer repeatedly warn that NVDA is incompatible. (#5253) NVDA now functions on the sign-in screen as expected in Windows 10 build 10525. (#5303) Fixed typo in English What's New. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this release possible. [Less]

NVDA 2015.3rc1 has just been released. This is a release candidate, which means that unless any critical issues are found, this will be identical to the final 2015.3 release. Highlights of this release include initial support for Windows 10; the ... [More] ability to disable single letter navigation in browse mode (useful for some web apps); improvements in Internet Explorer; and fixes for garbled text when typing in certain applications with braille enabled. NVDA 2015.3rc1 main package What's new in 2015.3rc1 [Less]

NV Access would like to announce the release of NVDA 2015.2. To find out more or to download a copy, please see the ​official NV Access announcement. There were no changes from rc2. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this release possible.

NVDA 2015.2rc2 has just been released. This is a release candidate, which means that unless any critical issues are found, this will be identical to the final 2015.2 release. NVDA 2015.2rc2 fixes support for mathematical content, which did not work at all in rc1. NVDA 2015.2rc2 main package What's new in 2015.2rc2

NVDA 2015.2rc1 has just been released. This is a release candidate, which means that unless any critical issues are found, this will be identical to the final 2015.2 release. Highlights of this release include the ability to read charts in ... [More] Microsoft Excel and support for reading and interactive navigation of mathematical content. NVDA 2015.2rc1 main package What's new in 2015.2rc1 [Less]

In joint collaboration with Design Science and the Educational Testing Service, NV Access has been adding support for reading mathematics in the NVDA screen reader. Making use of Design Science's MathPlayer 4 beta, NVDA will be able to provide rich ... [More] access to mathematical content in both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. And with the addition of Design Science's existing MathType product, access to mathematical content in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Powerpoint will be also soon a reality. Although not yet in an official release of NVDA, you can try out this support in a special math build of NVDA. This support also requires ​MathPlayer 4 beta to be installed, optionally along with MathType (for access to math in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint). Both of these can be downloaded from the ​Design Science website. You can read ​Design Science's news announcement as well. This new support allows the NVDA user to read mathematical content in a meaningful way via speech, and also in Nemeth Braille via a Braille display. There is a new math navigation mode added to NVDA which allows you to navigate within the mathematical content, moving through the content in a logical fashion, with the ability to zoom in and out of fractions, parentheses and other logical groups. When positioned on math content, this mode can be activated by pressing NVDA+alt+m. If you find any bugs with this new support, please provide comments on Trac ticket #4673. [Less]

In joint collaboration with Design Science and the Educational Testing Service, NV Access has been adding support for reading mathematics in the NVDA screen reader. Making use of Design Science's MathPlayer 4 beta, NVDA will be able to provide rich ... [More] access to mathematical content in both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. And with the addition of Design Science's existing MathType product, access to mathematical content in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Powerpoint will be also soon a reality. Although not yet in an official release of NVDA, you can try out this support in a special math build of NVDA. This support also requires ​MathPlayer 4 beta to be installed, optionally along with MathType (for access to math in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint). Both of these can be downloaded from the ​Design Science website. You can read ​Design Science's news announcement as well. This new support allows the NVDA user to read mathematical content in a meaningful way via speech, and also in Nemeth Braille via a Braille display. There is a new math navigation mode added to NVDA which allows you to navigate within the mathematical content, moving through the content in a logical fashion, with the ability to zoom in and out of fractions, parentheses and other logical groups. When positioned on math content, this mode can be activated by pressing NVDA+alt+m. If you find any bugs with this new support, please provide comments on Trac ticket #4673. [Less]

NV Access would like to announce the release of NVDA 2015.1. To find out more or to download a copy, please see the ​official NV Access announcement. There were no changes from rc1. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this release possible.

NVDA 2015.1rc1 has just been released. This is a release candidate, which means that unless any critical issues are found, this will be identical to the final 2015.1 release. Highlights of this release include browse mode for documents in ... [More] Microsoft Word and Outlook; major enhancements to support for Skype for Desktop; and significant fixes for Microsoft Internet Explorer. NVDA 2015.1rc1 main package What's new in 2015.1rc1 [Less]

NV Access would like to announce the release of NVDA 2014.4. To find out more or to download a copy, please see the ​official NV Access announcement. The only changes from rc1 to the release were some language fixes. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this release possible.