The name NVDA stands for NonVisual Desktop Access. NVDA was created in order to be an open source screen reader for your operating system.
NVDA comes in handy especially for impaired people who need to know what applications they have accessed.
Providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille, it enables blind or vision impaired people to access computers running Windows for no more cost than a sighted person. Major features include support for over 20 languages and the ability to run entirely from a USB drive with no installation.
You can access the portable version of the application here.
What's New in This Release:
New Features:
· Basic support for editing and reading Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. (#501)
· Basic support for reading and writing messages in Lotus Notes 8.5. (#543)
· Support for automatic language switching when reading documents in Microsoft Word. (#2047)
· In Browse mode for MSHTML (e.g. Internet Explorer) and Gecko (e.g. Firefox), the existance of long descriptions are now announced. It's also possible to open the long description in a new window by pressing NVDA+d. (#809)
· Notifications in Internet Explorer 9 and above are now spoken (such as content blocking or file downloads). (#2343)
· Automatic reporting of table row and column headers is now supported for browse mode documents in Internet Explorer and other MSHTML controls. (#778)
· New language: Aragonese, Irish
· New braille translation tables: Danish grade 2, Korean grade 1. (#2737)
· Support for braille displays connected via bluetooth on a computer running the Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba. (#2419)
· Support for port sel...