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NVDA 2023.3rc2 available for testing
The second Release Candidate (RC2) of NVDA 2023.3 is now available for download and testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, thi…NV Access
The NVDA 2023.3 Release Candidate is now available for testing. We encourage ALL users to download this RC and give feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2023.3 release.
This release includes refreshable OCR, responsiveness improvements, braille fixes and many other bug fixes and improvements.
Read the full details and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2023-3r…
#NVDA #NVDASr #ScreenReader
NVDA 2023.3rc1 available for testing
The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2023.3 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 b…NV Access
In-Process 19th October 2023
Welcome to the 292nd day of the year! Today we have a reminder about the NVDA Satisfaction survey, more details on the upcoming 2023.3 and more! NVDA Satisfaction Survey 2023 The NVDA Satisfaction …NV Access
In-Process 30th June 2023
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 though of NVDA’s Braill…NV Access
“I am sending you this message, so that you can see how much NVDA helps me in my daily life. I recorded a windows voice recorder to show that NVDA is helping me.”
It means so much to us to have our users from around the world share their experiences with us.
Thank you Vagelis for sharing how NVDA helps you in your daily life! #NVDA
As a screen reader serving the blind & vision impaired, our users rely on audio rather than visuals, therefore this week we bring you an audio testimonial from Jacques in South Africa. Jacques is a technical specialist for a financial organisation.
“When dealing with inaccessible software, NVDA’s object navigation often saves the day…NV Access & add on contributors around the globe, your efforts are appreciated” - Jacques
Thank you Jacques for sharing how NVDA helps you!
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your continued support & input. It’s with your help that NVDA impacts lives across the globe. There are many more blind or visually impaired people who need our help globally. We rely on donations to help keep delivering our users uncompromising, quality, and updated software. You can help us continue our mission by donating at nvaccess.org/support-us/#donat…
Thank you everyone!
#AustralianStory #NVDA #NVAccess #ScreenReader #A11y #Accessibility
Australian Story was amazing! We loved filming it and we are so grateful to share the story behind NVDA. If you missed the episode it is available on ABC iView here: iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2302Q… or on YouTube:
Audio Description enabled version: youtu.be/3i7gkN-1sAI
Non audio described version: youtu.be/jwHbXh3WzSw
Thank you everyone!
#AustralianStory #NVDA #NVAccess #AccessibleTechnology #ScreenReader #A11y #Accessibility
Australian Story: Series 2023 Blind Leading The Blind - Mick Curran and Jamie Teh
Mick and Jamie bonded over coding as teenagers. Now their brilliant tech idea is transforming lives around the world. Their software might have made them rich but they've kept it free to help their community.ABC iview
NVDA has been truly life-changing for so many people.
I think the documentary was well put together and I've learnt a thing or 2.
@NVAccess @jcsteh
#NVDA #blind #foss
youtube.com/watch?v=3i7gkN-1sA…
AD-ENABLED | Best friends don’t want a cent from their big tech idea. This is why | Australian Story
Mick Curran and Jamie Teh are lifelong friends who share a love of music and technology. They're also blind.Both computer programmers, the pair saw an injust...YouTube
What a beautiful story of #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #software from #ABC news from Kristine Taylor and Susan Chenery - @kristineataylor@twitter.com and @chenery3@twitter.com - Jamie Teh - @jcsteh and Mick Curran - @md_curran@twitter.com, who both live with #blindness, created #NVDA software which is a desktop #ScreenReader - and continue to give it away for free.
abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mic…
Get the software here on @github github.com/nvaccess/nvda
#a11y
How friendship between NVDA founders Mick Curran and Jamie Teh is changing lives for thousands of blind people
Mick and Jamie have been mates for almost three decades and have worked on a project with one goal in mind — to ensure everyone can use a computer.Kristine Taylor (ABC News)
Our In-Process blog is out. The big news is that our founders Mick and Jamie are featured on this Monday's episode of Australian Story! Plus we're hiring a software engineer, we share more of your inspiring user stories, and we've got some tips on testing with NVDA and using the Speech Viewer.
nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…
#NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y #AustralianStory #blog
In-Process 2nd June 2023
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 Austra…NV Access
The cat is out of the bag! Australian Story is dedicating an episode to our founders, Mick and Jamie. NVDA and NV Access are featured, and we’re excited to share it with you! It airs on Monday, the 5th of June at 8pm on ABCTV, ABC iview or YouTube
#AustralianStory #NVDA #NVAccess #a11y #accessibility #AccessibleTechnology
Not much to say about #AMD outside of that huge gap up after #NVDA earnings. Wow. 📈
Options data is likely going to be messy on AMD today and tomorrow as people take profits and contracts get assigned.
Dark pool sentiment for #AMD is still positive and the biggest dark pool level for the moment is $107.46 (by a lot).
Some bearish dark pool trades came through last night for AMD and NVDA, so exercise caution playing here at the top. Many traders will want to take profits, some will get greedy, and AI is uncharted territory.
The market will likely pick winners in the AI race and will likely pick them violently. Just don't find yourself without a chair when the music stops.
Not financial advice. Do your homework.
Nimer first began using NVDA for schoolwork over 15 years ago, and now utilises it in his workplace at Google.
“NVDA’s a really powerful tool for me that I rely on all the time” – Nimer
Thank you Nimer for sharing with us how NVDA continues to play a significant role in your life!
#NVDA #ScreenReader
Homepage: addons.nvda-project.org/
Download: github.com/josephsl/wintenApps…
SHA256: 66878c6221c3aed8fff41e0da2650102099fa324d5a19c780801695a4768a5c6
#NVDA #bot
And TFW Friendica leaves in the hashtag from that debugging effort even though it isn't actually in the post. Jeez, glad I wasn't writing about #MyDeepestDarkestSecret.
In related news, silverbullet.md is a neat notetaking app, but its desktop app glitches #NVDA. I'll file an issue on that soon.
In-Process 6th April 2023
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 n…NV Access
In-Process 6th April 2023
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 n…NV Access
Tossing a #STEM #accessibility grumble out into the wild:
So apparently, even as #MathML support is improving at the browser level, in order to get #NVDA to _read_ math, you need to install #MathPlayer -- which is fine in and of itself, but it really bothers me that the MathPlayer webpage (info.wiris.com/mathplayer-info) says both "Accessibility for web environments using MathPlayer is limited to obsolete browsers such as Internet Explorer 8" and (in bold) "We are not actively developing MathPlayer."
It seems really odd for such a necessary tool to have such prominent warnings (but then, of course, there's an #XKCD for everything: xkcd.com/2347/). And nearly every instructional page I found while looking for information on MathPlayer references using it in Internet Explorer, which is now officially dead (and is actually being remotely disabled on people's machines, which seems rather draconian).
On the bright side, once MathPlayer is installed, NVDA seems to be able to read (properly MathML coded) math just fine, even in Chrome, which the MathJax documentation says doesn't work; probably due to recent MathML support improvements in Chrome.
Accessibility in general I'm really enjoying learning more about. STEM accessibility is giving me headaches.
NVDA 2023.1rc2 available for testing
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, thi…NV Access
What we need:
1. The NVDA Speech Logger addon available at:
github.com/opensourcesys/speec…
2. The following iOS shortcut:
icloud.com/shortcuts/999808bd1…
How to use:
1. Install both: the addon in your NVDA and the shortcut in your shortcuts respectively.
2. In NVDA's settings head over to the Speech Logger category and set the output path to your Dropbox root (that's what the shortcut assumes you're using, feel free to modify as needed);
3. Start logging the local speech with the assigned gesture (by default NVDA+alt+l);
4. Assuming the shortcut is configured properly (Dropbox authorized and all that jazz), launch it and a viewer will pop up with the fresh version of the log file at the time.
One nuissance I've found with this is that the viewer overlay will not surround the VO gestures so you need to focus it first through exploration before you can start reading the log. Also the gestures for the first and last item on the screen will move you to whatever else should be on your screen right now so you have to explore again to close the viewer. I assume that's a VO bug.
Also bear in mind that, while logging, anything your PC says will ultimately land in a regular text file and nothing apart from your Dropbox account is protecting it. Use with caution.
Feel free to suggest feedback.
#Accessibility #Tip #VoiceOver #NVDA #iPhone #iOS #Windows #Blind
GitHub - opensourcesys/speechLogger: An NVDA add-on to log speech to a file. Includes support for logging remote sessions.
An NVDA add-on to log speech to a file. Includes support for logging remote sessions. - GitHub - opensourcesys/speechLogger: An NVDA add-on to log speech to a file. Includes support for logging rem...GitHub
Decided not to set up the #SteamDeck for development because that's not what I got it for, and without a PC it's been hard to move ahead with ideas for making it more #blind accessible with #NVDA. But I got it back a few hours ago and have started making some progress.
First up, a small NVDA script exposing a configurable gesture to exit a content recognition result. Without this, you can OCR fine from the touchscreen but can't close the resulting buffer to open another one later, meaning you needed a keyboard to OCR games. Now OCR-accessible games with controller support are fully playable with only the deck.
Next up, accessibility fixes to make this user-mode gamepad driver and configuration UI more accessible. I used it to play ShadowRine in its default configuration last night, but next I'd like to get it working with Hearthstone.
Getting there, and I'll do a guide on all this at some point.
I'm assisting a blind student in learning how to navigate the web using a laptop.
NVDA reads out the title first, then properties about the document, then the summary box on the side.
I can't find any way to skip that whole box and move straight to the main content. There is no main content landmark, nor is there a heading, not is it in the Contents section.
Take en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood… as an example. How can I navigate to the first sentence of the main article?
Thanks for any help.
#blind #accessibility
Special Saturday release of In-Process!
This week, we've got an update on our Casting Call, info on NVDA 2022.3.2 and 2022.4 Beta 3, the string freeze, a great testimonial from a user, and some info you never realised you needed on punctuation, alternative symbol names and how to change them. And why aren't we using the interrobang more?!
nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…
#Beta #NVDA #NVDAsr #punctuation #interrobang
In-Process 19th November
We are continuing to move ever closer to NVDA 2022.4. Since last edition, we have a new beta AND we’ve announced the string freeze. Video request First up, a quick reminder of our Casting call for …NV Access