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"Access to a free, fast & efficient screen reader has changed my life. Because of its qualities, my computer never crashes; updates are frequent & the software works well. It follows best the evolution of Windows and all software. Updating is fast & easy, it is available in all languages. The provision of add-ons makes it really efficient” – Silvie, France

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in reply to NV Access

I have to say that I agree that NVDA rarely crashes for me. It's incredibly stable and the addon store is quite an accomplishment.
in reply to NV Access

Of course, the "my computer never crashes" section is a bit, meh <smile>.
in reply to Amir

@amir Everyone's mileage will vary - but crashes of NVDA itself are rare, as (in fairness to Microsoft) are crashes of Windows OS these days.
@Amir
in reply to NV Access

Yeah, but, come on, "never?" Really don't think so.
in reply to Amir

@amir The only time I've had NVDA crash in the last year or so has been when I've been specifically testing something someone has reported which makes NVDA crash. Many of the crashes I've seen reported have either been edge cases the majority of users wouldn't encounter, or caused by add-ons - which is not to say neither of those is important - but I think overall, NVDA is stable for most users is most situations
@Amir
in reply to NV Access

@amir I agree with NVAccess on this one. Yes, "never" is likely not technically true, but most people use "never" to actually mean "not often enough to register with me as a problem". Ever since Firefox was updated to fix the freezing problem, I've only had NVDA freeze or crash when I spammed it with text in cmd due to a bad script, and there are tickets on that already. Outside of that, I've had good stability.
@Amir