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NVDA 2018.4rc1 Released

Release Candidate 1 of NVDA 2018.4 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what NVDA 2018.4 has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the beta and provide feedback. This is a release candidate, meaning that unless any critical bugs are found,… Read More

NVDA 2018.4beta3 Released

Beta3 of NVDA 2018.4 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what NVDA 2018.4 has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the beta and provide feedback. Changes from Beta2: Fix bug where table cells in Libre Office Calc were always reporting… Read More

In-Process 28th November 2018

Welcome to In-Process for this last week in November. Although In-Process might have been quiet lately, rest assured we’ve all been busy as we work towards NVDA 2018.4. Pertuni seminar Earlier this month, NV Access was honoured with an invitation to speak at a seminar for students. Organised by Persatuan Tunanetra Indonesia (Pertuni), the seminar… Read More

NVDA 2018.4beta2 Released

Beta2 of NVDA 2018.4 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what NVDA 2018.4 has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the beta and provide feedback. Changes from Beta1: Reverted #8869: BrowseMode: don’t refuse to report focus changes for replaced controls… Read More

NVDA 2018.4 Beta1 Released for Testing

Beta1 of NVDA 2018.4 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what NVDA 2018.4 has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the beta and provide feedback. Highlights of this release include performance improvements in recent Mozilla Firefox versions, announcement of emojis… Read More

In-Process 26th October 2018

Wow, the year is flying by! Last time In-Process came out, we were in the midst of a flurry of releases. We apologise for the extra updates, but think NVDA 2018.3.2 is our best yet! NVDA 2018.3.2 fixes several crashes which didn’t affect everyone but were severe for those affected. NVDA 2018.3.2 So, after all… Read More

In-Process 25 September 2018

Breaking news 26/09: What a busy time! Now also announcing NVDA 2018.3.2 for your downloading and enjoyment. As usual, being a “point” release, it only addresses one specific, but severe crash – this time, a crash in Google Chrome when navigating tweets on the Twitter website. Everything else below is still correct, and please download… Read More

Announcing the Release of NvDA 2018.3.2

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2018.3 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, has now been released. Updates: Minor release (2018.3.2) has been made available which works around a crash seen in Google Chrome when navigating tweets on www.twitter.com. Minor release (2018.3.1) has been made available which addresses a crash… Read More

NVDA 2018.3rc3 Released

NV Access has just released NVDA 2018.3rc3. This is a Release Candidate, meaning that unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2018.3 release. Changes from rc1: Fixed bug stopping the NVDA desktop shortcut from being created on German systems. NVDA no longer completely fails to interact with iTunes 12.9.… Read More

In-Process 11th September 2018

The big news this week, hot off the press, is that we released NVDA 2018.3rc1 yesterday! NVDA 2018.3rc1 Highlights of this release include automatic detection of many Braille displays, support for new Windows 10 features including the Windows 10 Emoji input panel, and many other bug fixes. Since I tend to get asked “XYZ doesn’t… Read More