NVDA 2025.1.2 has been released: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1-2/
This release fixes a crash when opening certain Microsoft Word versions before version 16.0.18226.
Also, a reminder that if you have downgraded from 2025.x to earlier versions, your profile may become corrupted. This can cause your profile to be reset to factory defaults when you update again, but NVDA should work correctly after that.
I just submitted a feature request to #NVDA regarding creation of a more useful mechanism for editing the configuration on secure screens, to replace or augment the current clunky and all-or-nothing settings copy feature. Please give it some love! I don't think @NVAccess actually partakes in the whole vote with thumbs-ups to increase priority, but doing so might serve as a useful metric for how widely desired this is anyway, which could theoretically help with triage. If anyone who sees this is skilled and willing enough to actually turn this into a pull request, I would be very greatful! Otherwise, hopefully someone at NVAccess will take it up! It's about time we got a more useful means of customizing that other layer of NVDA.
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/18303
#NVDASR #blind
One of Forbes’ renowned 100 lists has just recognised NV Access as a global leader in accessibility.
Forbes’ first-ever Accessibility 100 highlights the biggest innovators & impact-makers in the field of accessibility.
“It’s an honour to be recognised alongside the world’s best innovative organisations advancing accessibility” said NV Access Co-Founder, Mick Curran.
The Forbes Accessibility 100 List is at: https://www.forbes.com/lists/accessibility-100/
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #Forbes #Top100 #BestOf2025
The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2025.1.2 is now available for download and testing. This release includes a fix for a crash in certain Microsoft Word versions before version 16.0.18226 on opening.
Full info and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1-2rc1/
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #NewVersion #PreRelease #MicrosoftOffice #Office #Microsoft
Has anyone else seen this? Partner @RainbowRemedy is having this strange bug with #NVDA and Chrome. Whenever she alt tabs out of chrome, NVDA just hangs, sometimes completely. Working inside of chrome is fine, and as I understand it, sometimes it will recover after a few seconds and it behaves fine on the rest of the system. She's on NVDA 2025.1, but this was happening on 2024 as well. Have checked after getting rid of any add-ons that might get involved with browsers. Haven't yet checked with all add-ons disabled to my knowledge, but unsure if that would make any difference, the list is rather short, but includes IBMTTS which she needs to be able to use it really. Has anyone else seen this and knows of a fix for it? Windows 10. Will not accept "don't use chrome" as an answer. #NVDASR #blind
Attention #nvdasr users. By now, you all should have gotten the latest version of #RemoteIncidentManager, version 3.4.3. This makes Remote Incident Manager entirely compatible with NVDA2025.1.
This, was needed for so long and is so nice!
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#NVDASR
Wow, using SAPI 5 with NVDA now is crazy, like, I'm really impressed in good ways and it relieves me because I'll have to use SAPI 5 for my final exams.
#NVDASR
So with the new NVDA Remote, what key do people use for control switching? F11 was pretty nice and will definitely need to get used to something new. I use NVDA+Alt+R for now.
#NVDASR #NVDARemote
Nice, when you update your #NVDASR and everything is still like in the beta, all Add Ons break and ---------------------------
Errors in 'nvda_noUIAccess.exe'
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See the logfile 'C:\Users\Jonathan Schuster\AppData\Roaming\nvda_noUIAccess.log' for details
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OK
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NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2025.1 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version. This release introduces NVDA Remote Access, provides speech, braille, OCR & Office improvements, Native selection in Chrome & edge
Full info & Download: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1/
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #FOSS #NewVersion #Update #News #Free
"By passing on my knowledge of using NVDA to new users of the NVDA screen reader, my aim was to help people in the same boat as me; as well as sighted people in the community to learn ways that they could help us out in the #community."
Like NV Access, Gene recognises the importance of #empowering people to identify needed change, and enact it! Full #interview with Gene at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/gene_empowers_nz/
In-Process is out, featuring the latest on NVDA 2025.1, the recent NV Access strategy session, and Should you use Screen Layout? (H/T to @jscholes for your recent poll)
Check it all out here: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-12th-june-2025/
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News #newsletter #Software #PreRelease #FOSS #OpenSource
It has been an incredible two years since NV Access founders Mick Curran & Jamie Teh featured on Australian Story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mick-curran-jamie-teh-changing-lives-of-the-blind-with-nvda/101768788
The impact NVDA has for blind people around the world has only grown & the need is as great now as ever!
You can watch the Audio Description enabled version of Australian Story: https://youtu.be/3i7gkN-1sAI
Regular version: https://youtu.be/jwHbXh3WzSw
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blind #Accessibility #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Impact #Australia #AustralianStory
NV Access are pleased to advise that Beta (and alpha) versions of NVDA are once again available. To celebrate, we've released Beta 10 of NVDA 2025.1: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1beta10/
Beta 10 includes:
* Updates to translations
* Correct context help navigation for Remote Access dialogs
Thank you everyone for your patience and support, and as always with pre-release builds, please do file any issues on GitHub: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues
One of the biggest things to come to NVDA in some time & the highlight of NVDA 2025.1 is NVDA Remote Access! In this blog post, we look at just what this feature is, how you can use it, add-ons which do similar things & answer other questions you might have: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-19th-may-2025/
Do you use NVDA Remote Access? Or is there another 2025.1 feature you're really looking forward to? Do let us know!
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@Whatusaymark Yep, its starting to become a growing trend. #nvdasr has done things based on the year for years, probably since it first reached its stable release, and JAWS switched to versions based on year in either 2018 or 2019 I can't remember lol.
