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:
· Support for the Chromium Embedded Framework, which is a web browser control used in several applications. (#3108)
· New eSpeak voice variant: Iven3.
· In Skype, new chat messages are reported automatically while the conversation is focused. (#2298)
· Support for Tween, including reporting of tab names and less verbosity when reading tweets.
· You can now disable displaying of NVDA messages on a braille display by setting the message timeout to 0 in the Braille Settings dialog. (#2482)
· In the Add-ons Manager, there is now a Get Add-ons button to open the NVDA Add-ons web site where you can browse and download available add-ons. (#3209)
· In the NVDA Welcome dialog which always appears the first time you run NVDA, you can now specify whether NVDA starts automatically after you log on to Windows. (#2234)
· Sleep mode is automatically enabled when using Dolphin Cicero. (#2055)
· The Windows x64 version of Miranda IM/Miranda NG is now supported. (#3296)
· Search suggestions in the Windows 8...