Welcome to the Home of NVDA
NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. 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.
For more information about NVDA, including features and system requirements, visit the About section.
Check out the Download section if you would like to obtain a copy.
For information about community resources, including email lists, the NVDA IRC chat channel and links to community sites written in other languages, take a look at the Community section.
For documentation about NVDA, visit the Documentation section.
If you are interested in NVDA's development, including reporting bugs or feature requests, please see the Development section.
If you would like to support the project, please consider making a Donation to NV Access.
Contact
If you have a question about NVDA or require technical support, please use the community resources such as email lists. For other inquiries, please contact NV Access.
News
NVDA and ETI-Eloquence: The Situation Explained
We have received countless requests from users wanting to use the ETI-Eloquence or IBM ViaVoice TTS speech synthesisers with NVDA. Unfortunately, it is generally not legal to use either of these synthesisers with NVDA. This article explains the situation. Please read this article in full before posting any questions about either synthesiser. Discussion about illegal use of either synthesiser on the NVDA mailing lists will not be tolerated.
What are ETI-Eloquence and IBM ViaVoice TTS?
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NVDA 2010.1 Released
We are pleased to announce that NVDA 2010.1 has been released. This release has been declared stable, which means it is suitable for production use and is recommended for most users.
NVDA 2010.1 focuses primarily on bug fixes and improvements to the user experience, including some significant stability fixes.
The only changes from 2010.1rc1 to 2010.1 are updates to some translations.
Download links and change log:
NVDA 2010.1rc1 Released
NVDA 2010.1rc1 has just been released. This is a release candidate, which means that unless any critical issues are found, this will be almost identical to the final 2010.1 release.
Note that there may be some minor updates to some translations (particularly of the what's new document) in the final release.
Changes from beta1 to rc1:
- Updated translations.
- Updated what's new.
- Fixed various harmless but annoying exceptions.
- In Miranda IM, automatic message reading is now also ...
NVDA 2010.1beta1 Released
We're pleased to announce that NVDA 2010.1beta1 has just been released. It is intended for those who are interested in testing and evaluating the upcoming NVDA 2010.1 release, but is not recommended for production use. Testers are encouraged to report any bugs found while using this beta.
Note that some translations may not yet be updated. They will be updated by the time of the final 2010.1 release.
NVDA 2010.1 focuses primarily on bug fixes and improvements to the user experience, includ ...
NVDA on New Inventors in March!
NVDA will feature in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) TV's New Inventors show on Wednesday 10 March. IF you're in Australia, tune in to ABC1 at 8pm to watch Mick and I demonstrating and talking about NVDA!
the nvda-support email list is now here
Recently a new email list has been created specifically for support questions about NVDA. Please visit: The nvda-support page for further information. Users are wecome to ask any questions in relation to how to use NVDA, and other users or the project maintainers will be more than happy to answer. However before joining, please note the rules outlined on The nvda-support page. Look forward ...
NVDA 2009.1 Released
We are extremely pleased to announce that NVDA 2009.1 has finally been released. This release has been declared stable, which means it is suitable for production use and is recommended for most users.
Major highlights of NVDA 2009.1 include support for 64 bit editions of Windows; greatly improved support for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader documents; support for Windows 7; reading of the Windows logon, control+alt+delete and User Account Control (UAC) screens; and the ability to ...
NVDA 2009.1rc1 Released
NVDA 2009.1rc1 has just been released. This is a release candidate, which means that unless any critical issues are found, this will be almost identical to the final 2009.1 release. The major change since the beta which should be tested is that installed copies can now fully access applications running as administrator in Windows Vista and Windows 7. This is not possible for portable copies.
Note that there may be some minor updates to some translations (particularly of the what's new documen ...
NVDA 2009.1beta1 Released
We're pleased to announce that NVDA 2009.1beta1 has just been released. It is intended for those who are interested in testing and evaluating the upcoming NVDA 2009.1 release, but is not recommended for production use. Testers are encouraged to report any bugs found while using this beta.
Note that some translations may not yet be updated. They will be updated by the time of the final 2009.1 release.
Major highlights of NVDA 2009.1 include support for 64 bit editions of Windows; greatly im ...
Adobe Provides Grant for PDF and Flash Support in NVDA
We are pleased and grateful to announce that Adobe have provided a grant to NV Access to support NVDA development. This grant will enable us to improve support for Adobe Reader and add support for Adobe flash embedded in browsers. This is great news for NVDA users given the increasing regularity of PDF documents and Flash content. This wi ...
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