Recognition

Honours and Awards

• NV Access won an  American Foundation for the Blind Access Award in 2012
•  James Teh was a finalist for the Queensland Young Australian of the Year Award for 2012 for his work on NVDA
• NVDA received a  Federal Communications Commission Chairman's Award for Advancement in Accessibility in 2011
• NV Access won a  Queensland Disability Action Week Community Organisation - Disability Organisation Award in 2011
•  James Teh received a Special Excellence Award in the 2011 Queensland University of Technology Outstanding Alumni Awards for his work on NVDA
• NVDA was the  SourceForge Project of the Month for March 2011
• NVDA won the  ABC New Inventors "Les is More Award" in 2010, which is presented "to an inventor whose invention might make a real difference to people's lives or the environment"
•  Michael Curran received the Vision Australia Youth Service award in 2009 for the development of NVDA
•  NV Access received a Vision Australia Making a Difference Award in 2009 for the development of NVDA
• Michael Curran received an Australian National Disability Award in 2007 for his creation and development of NVDA

Articles

•  The Courier-Mail: Being blind didn't stop these inventors from sharing internet vision
•  Media Access Australia: A SCREEN READER FOR EVERYONE: WHY THE WORLD NEEDS NVDA
•  The Sydney Morning Herald: Blind ambition: plea for funds to keep free software project alive
•  The Pioneer: Enabling the Disabled
•  Reno Gazette-Journal: Blindness doesn't stop mother from conquering educational goals
•  Media Access Australia: NV ACCESS AWARDED MOZILLA GRANT TO IMPROVE NVDA
•  QUT News: Blind inventors revolutionise computer access
  •  The Australian: Blind users get web friendly
  •  Scientific Computing: Prog. helps blinds use comps
  •  Science Alert: Prog. helps blinds use comps
  •  The Hindu Business Line: Free screen reader tech for visually impaired!
  •  Science News: Blind inventors revolutionize computer access
  •  ScienceDaily: Blind Inventors Develop Free Software to Enable the Blind to Use Computers
  •  The Times of India: Computers more accessible for blinds
  •  Northside Chronicle: Jamie helps the blind help
  •  PhysOrg.com: Blind inventors revolutionize computer access
  •  UPI.com: Blind inventors develop computer tool
  •  The Engineer: Screen-reader program targets vision-impaired students
  •  NewsGuide: Blind inventors revolutionize computer access
  •  iStockAnalyst: Blind inventors develop computer tool
  •  News-Medical.Net: New software helps visually-impaired people to access computers
  •  Medical News Today: Computer Access Revolutionised By Blind Inventors
  •  Clever Clever Land: Blind inventors break down barriers with free software
•  The Daily News Online: Software helps blind student navigate computer world
•  Associated Content: NVDA: Revolutionizing the Way the Blind and Visually Impaired Access Information
•  Educational Technology Debate: NVDA: A Competitive and Free Screen Reader
•  Stratford Press: Visually impaired gain access to library computers
•  Stratford Press: Magnification stations at library
•  The Nation (Thailand): Technology: Screen-reader software offers chance to the blind

TV

• NVDA featured on ABC TV's  New Inventors show in 2010 in the Access and Ability Special and the Grand Final

Radio

•  James Teh was interviewed about NVDA on 612 ABC Brisbane's Mornings show on 5 April 2012
•  Michael Curran was interviewed about NVDA on 2GB's Wake Up Australia show on 14 October 2011
• Michael Curran was interviewed about NVDA on 3RRR's  Byte into It show on 11 May 2011
•  Accessible World Tek Talk: March 28, 2011: NVDA, A Free Screen Reader
• Interviews with James Teh about NVDA featured on The Global Voice's  Innovations show on 27 October 2009 and 30 March 2010
• Michael Curran demonstrated and discussed NVDA on ACB Radio's  Main Menu show on 7 March 2007

Podcasts

•  Accessible Devices: Show 17: NVDA Screen Reader
•  Blind Bargains: #csun11 Audio: The Long and Winding Road to NVDA

Reviews

•  AccessWorld August 2011: NonVisual Desktop Access and Thunder: A Comparison of Two Free Screen Readers
•  The Centre for Learning Innovation (NSW, Australia): NVDA Free Screen Reader for Windows
•  jrdougall.id.au: Review on NVDA free screen reader: Review of NVDA 0.5
•  The Screen Magnifiers Homepage: NVDA Free Open Source Screen Reader For Windows Reviewed: Review of NVDA 0.5
•  The Braille Forum, July 2008: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF FOUR SCREEN-ACCESS PRODUCTS: Review of NVDA 0.5

Presentations

•  Once upon a library: NVDA and The Aotearoa People’s Network; presented at the 2010 conference of the Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities

Quotes from Publications

NVDA featured briefly in a presentation at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conferences in March 2008 entitled  Free Assistive Technology Software (Yes, Free!):

NVDA is a screen reader that provides access to most Windows functionality through synthesized speech. Navigation is accomplished only using the computer keyboard. It is comparable to commercial products, such as JAWS and Window-Eyes.

 The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind: Outlook Summer 2008 magazine:

Development of the Non-Visual Desktop Assistant (NVDA), a collaborative open-source screen-reader, continues. It's an option for those who don't need the full scope of a commercial screen-reader or need a quick solution when away from home. The Aotearoa Peoples Network have made their machines accessible to the portable version of NVDA and more details of the libraries involved can be found at  http://www.peoplesnetworknz.org.nz/Partners

Use by Organisations

•  Yahoo! uses NVDA for screen reader web accessibility testing and demonstration, particularly for rich web accessibility technologies
•  The Aotearoa People's Network, which provides public internet access in public libraries right across New Zealand, includes NVDA in the  software installed on its computers.
•  Webdragon uses NVDA for screen reader web accessibility testing