Nimer, from the USA, started using NVDA around 2007 and has been involved in our community ever since. He is currently the owner of the NVDA community mailing group. Nimer first began using NVDA for schoolwork over 15 years ago, and now utilises it in his workplace at Google. Here is his testimonial video, and… Read More

Bachir is an NVDA user in France. Bachir has been a proud NVDA user since 2009 and helped us translate NVDA into French from 2010 to 2020. Bachir is able to use NVDA in the workplace, for online shopping, his finances and reading books. Here is his testimonial video, and below that, a full transcript:… 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

The big news this time around is the release of NVDA 2023.1! But there’s plenty more exclusive news below so let’s get into it: NVDA 2023.1 It’s new release time! NVDA 2023.1 is now available! In fact, it came out only a few days after our last In-Process post. Many of you may have been… Read More

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2023.1 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version. Highlights A new option has been added, “Paragraph Style” in “Document Navigation”. This can be used with text editors that do not support… Read More

We’ve got a big issue for you this week, let’s get into it! CSUN Last week, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference was held in Anaheim, California. The NV Access team were there to share information about NVDA. We delivered our session to a packed room of eager listeners. There were insightful questions and some fruitful… Read More

The Second Release Candidate (RC2) of NVDA 2023.1 is now available for download and testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2023.1 release. Highlights A new option has been added, “Paragraph Style” in “Document Navigation”. This can… Read More

We’ve got a bumper issue for you this week: A release candidate, conferences and add-on info! NVDA 2023.1 Release Candidate The big news this week is the release of the NVDA 2023.1 Release Candidate. We encourage all users to download the release candidate and provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be… Read More