We’re getting ever closer to NVDA 2023.2, so let’s start there: NVDA 2023.2 Beta 3 Since our last In-Process, we’ve had another beta. NVDA 2023.2 Beta 3 fixes a bug with checking for updates. It also includes more updates to translations. We are getting close to putting out a “Release Candidate” build. So, if you… Read More

Another beta, and it’s big! NVDA 2023.2 Beta 2 We are moving ever closer to NVDA 2023.2! After the release of the first beta, several issues came to light. This week we have released a second beta – NVDA 2023.2 Beta 2 – which should fix these issues. Please do try Beta 2, both to… Read More

It’s beginning to sound a lot like…. NVDA 2023.2 Beta 1 The big news this week is that Beta 1 of NVDA 2023.2 is out! NVDA 2023.2 is a huge update with lots of new features and updates. Let’s check out the highlights: This release introduces the Add-on Store to replace the Add-ons Manager. In… Read More

Can you believe we’re halfway through the year already! Where does the time go! Thanks to our amazing corporate donors First up this week, we’d like to highlight two of our amazing corporate supporters. Elston is “one of Australia’s largest privately owned and operated financial services companies. We have offices in Queensland, New South Wales… Read More

Happy End-Of-Financial-Year to those who celebrate! As well as that exciting occasion, this week is also Deafblind awareness week, so I thought I’d include a run through of NVDA’s Braille settings. It’s worth revising the settings you use for any program every now and then. Before that though, lots of news: Helen Keller Services AccessAbility… Read More

What a busy few weeks we’ve had! Let’s get into it: Australian Story Did you catch our founders Mick and Jamie on Australian Story? What an amazing show it was! Australian Story is a half-hour documentary style TV program. It goes behind the scenes to cover the people who do extra-ordinary things, and make amazing… Read More

In-Process 2nd June 2023 The big news this week is that we’re going to be on Australian Story: NV Access on the small screen! For the past few months, we have been busy filming an episode of Australian Story, on our founders, Mick and Jamie. The episode features NV Access and NVDA and we are… Read More

We start with breaking news today: We’re hiring! NV Access seeking software engineer NV Access is seeking a Software Engineer. The position is 100% remote, work from Home. It is, however, Australia based – you must be classed as “An Australian Resident for tax purposes”. A great opportunity for a junior to mid-level software engineer.… Read More

It’s the third In-Process since NVDA 2023.1 came out, so we’re all out of new things from that version to talk about, right? ….. Not at all! Let’s go: Table Headers in Excel Back in February, we talked about Tables in Excel. At the time, we had recently introduced the ability to detect moving into… Read More

There’s a couple of nice feature articles to get stuck into this week, with some tips to try out! Clipboard History Continuing our look at NVDA 2023.1, it’s time to talk about Clipboard History. One of the bug fixes in 2023.1 is that “Clipboard history menu items such as “pin item” can be accessed”. We… Read More