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What could be the reason for #NVDA #NVDASR not running on UAC screens on my work Laptop even though I've copied the settings (including add ons, etc) to use on secure screens through the settings with administrator permissions?
Note: I don't have the administrator permissions when the UAC screen pops up, but NVDA should still start regardless. Also, on the login screen it works, it's really just the UAC (User account control) dialog, where its gone.
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#nvdasr #nvda @NV Access

#screenreader #nvdasr #update #nvda #newversion

Interesting. So the latest Mastodon web UI is not as accessible as previous versions. I can't turn off brows mode with NVDA and read posts with just the arrow keys anymore. #accessibility #NVDASR
#Accessibility #nvdasr

Quoting NVDA's upcoming local image recognition service for version 2026.1: "a blue and white blue and white blue and white blue and white blue and white blue and white blue".
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#NVDA #NVDASR
#nvdasr #nvda @NV Access

Thanks to #NVDA #NVDASR ocr feature, I installed Spitfire audio and BBC symphony and I can somehow navigate through it inside reaper. KK will be more efficient but I currently don't have one.
#nvdasr #nvda

NVDA 2025.3.1 Release Candidate is now available for testing.

This is a patch release to fix a security issue & a bug.

- Fixed a vulnerability which could prevent access to secure screens via Remote Access.

- Remote Access now returns control to the local computer if it locks while controlling the remote computer.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #PreRelease #News #NewVersion #Update #ScreenReader #Security

#security #screenreader #nvdasr #News #update #nvda #newversion #prerelease

On my AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS mini PC, NVDA is a bit sluggish in some cases in Firefox; e.g. cursoring through messages in Gmail folders. For reasons I don't fully understand, setting the processor affinity to a single CPU core and setting the process priority to "above normal" helps significantly, even when the CPU is nearly idle. I don't currently have the time/energy to debug the root cause for this or write a proper add-on, but I wrote an NVDA global plugin to make the change for me automatically when NVDA starts. If it breaks something, you get to keep all the pieces.
```
import ctypes

import globalPluginHandler

class GlobalPlugin(globalPluginHandler.GlobalPlugin):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
p = ctypes.c_void_p(ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetCurrentProcess())
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetProcessAffinityMask(p, ctypes.c_void_p(1))
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetPriorityClass(p, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD(0x00008000))
```
#nvdasr

#nvdasr

Hi everyone, an exciting announcement today - we've released our first 64-bit alpha build, which ALSO includes on-device AI image captioning. For the full details and the caveats - please see this post in the NVDA user group: groups.google.com/a/nvaccess.o…

(Also, in response to a couple of questions:
- The keystroke for image captioning is NVDA+Windows+comma
- And yes, you can setup the new alpha as a portable copy rather than installing it).

#NVDA #NVDAsr #AI #ImageDescription #Image #64bit

NVDA 64-bit with on-device image description alpha build now available

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#nvdasr #AI #image #nvda #imagedescription #64bit

Have you worked through the updated Microsoft Excel with NVDA module yet? If you haven't, now is the time! Thanks to @KaraLG84 for picking up a number of errors I missed, we've just updated the version in the shop (and in your downloads if you've bought it): nvaccess.org/product/microsoft…

And fun fact - Did you know Excel is 40 years old as of yesterday?!

Version Museum has a great history of the spreadsheet program:
versionmuseum.com/history-of/m…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Excel #Excel40 #Training #TrainingMaterial

Screenshot of the original Excel for Mac from the 1980s, from VersionMuseum.com

40 Years of Microsoft Excel Design History - 71 Images - Version Museum

A comprehensive visual history of Microsoft Excel from 1985 to 2025. See a gallery of the Microsoft Excel evolution from the beginning to present day.
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#nvdasr #training #nvda #excel #excel40 #trainingmaterial @Kara Goldfinch

#blog #screenreader #nvdasr #News #newsletter #nvda

@GrahamDowns You're welcome - and yes, we follow both #NVDA and #NVDAsr, and definitely always try to be helpful :) And thanks @GrahamDowns for the kind words!
#nvdasr #nvda @Graham Downs

As the premier free screen reader, #NVDA is very pleased to be trending in South Africa! Thank you to all our South African users, we do appreciate you! We understand the burden commercial software places on #blind users around the world and are glad to be the alternative! If you are new to screen readers, you can find out more about us at: nvaccess.org/

Or watch a short video demonstration at: youtube.com/watch?v=tCFyyqy9mq…

#ScreenReader #NVDAsr #Accessibility


What is NVDA?

A brief overview of some of the things NVDA can do. The video demonstrates the screen reader at work in several programs and using different synthesizers (i...
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#Accessibility #blind #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda

Another wish for #NVDASR, beeing able to screencourtain specific screens. Working at 3 atm and would like to hide the Laptop screen. Wonder if I should actually create an issue about this?
#nvdasr

We are pleased to announce we have rolled out a new, more intuitive issue template for reporting bugs or requesting features in NVDA. The form is still on GitHub & still requires the same information as previously, but now uses individual fields rather than one long edit box with comments. You can explore here (Note it IS live so if you submit an issue, it will be submitted as an actual issue): github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #GitHub #Accessibility #Issue #Bugs #BugTracker

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#Accessibility #github #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #bugs #issue #bugtracker

oh gosh, wasn't there an add-on that forced UIA in Chrome for NVDA? Or am I dreaming of this. Would sure help me as enabling the flag: "Override software rendering list
Overrides the built-in software rendering list and enables GPU-acceleration on unsupported system configurations. – Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android
#ignore-gpu-blocklist" breaks all NVDA cursor tracking and reading in multiline controls. I kid you not. Test it yourself, enable it and restart. No idea what this does to break #NVDASR but there it is, it breaks it. I could repro it on two machines, go ahead. Chrome://flags is where it's at. (ah yes, this is now in NVDA's advanced prefs, yay! no add-on needed!)
And yup. Doing that setting, to use UIA in Chromium and Edge to yes fixed it all. Wow, facepalm moment, ugh.
#nvdasr #ignore

#foss #blog #chromium #chrome #nvdasr #News #newsletter #nvda #tips #newversion #somethingdigital #wbu #wbu25

#Accessibility #foss #opensource #blind #software #screenreader #nvdasr #News #nvda #new #newversion

Hi everyone,

The NVDA 2025.3 Release Candidate is now available for 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 2025.3 release.

This release includes improvements to Remote Access, SAPI5 voices, braille and the Add-on Store.

Full details and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-3r…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Update #NewVersion #PreRelease #FOSS #Update #News #Accessibility

NVDA logo and text in white on purple with grey sunbursts around the edge.

NV Access | NVDA 2025.3rc1 available for testing

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#Accessibility #foss #screenreader #nvdasr #News #update #nvda #newversion #prerelease

Thank you to everyone who attended the World Blindness Summit & WBU General Assembly last week in São Paulo, Brazil. It was an honour for NV Access to attend, and to have NV Access General Manager, James Boreham and NV Access director Emma Bennison present. It was an informative and uplifting week and a chance to meet many new people and hear people's hopes for the future!

#WBUSummit #WBU25 #Blindness #Blind #Accessibility #NVDA #NVAccess #NVDAsr #Brazil #SaoPaulo

Photo of presenters and moderators for the session: "Digital Access for All – Creating Inclusive Information Spaces". From left to right, Octavio Carreno and Mariana Pinheiro, Marc Workman, Flavio Correia, Simone Freire, James Boreham, and Emma Bennison. All are standing side by side, smiling, in front of the World Blindness Summit backdrop in São Paulo.
Image of the rear part of the room which is quite full with 8 rows of people seated and clapping during the "Digital Access for All – Creating Inclusive Information Spaces"
#Accessibility #blind #nvdasr #brazil #blindness #nvda #nvaccess #wbusummit #wbu25 #saopaulo

So today in the "how many sounds do you need" category, we have another Emoji ...

Now if you're using #NVDASr, it's a "shushing face". Not terribly bad as these things go, I guess.

But if you happen to have an iPhone ...
> "Face with single finger over mouth in shushing gesture"

That's 9 words.
If you have the emoji suffix on, it's 15 syllables.
Crazy, eh?

🤫

#nvdasr

As I start into my office life, well sort of, I wondered if the #Blind have any tips or resources using #NVDASR with the typical MS Office programs and co. I'm familiar with Word, but what about Outlook (Mail and Calendar) Teams etc? I've never worked with these really, so anything is appreciated. @mastoblind @NVAccess
#blind #nvdasr @NV Access @mastoblind group

#software #screenreader #nvdasr #testing #update #nvda #fix #beta #newversion #prerelease #fixes

One of the benefits of eSpeak-NG is that it doesn't make assumptions like reading "CUP" is Cuban Pesos (hello US OneCore voices) - but the flip side is that eSpeak will read the year 1987 as "nineteen hundred eighty seven". If you'd like it to read that as "nineteen eighty seven" & learn a little #regex on the way, then @fastfinge has you covered with the "Correcting Years With NVDA and Espeak" blog post: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/08/28/…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Tips #Accessibility

Sam's Stuff - Correcting Years With NVDA and Espeak

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#Accessibility #nvdasr #nvda #tips #RegEx @🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

NV Access is very pleased to announce an update to our highly-praised "Microsoft Excel with NVDA" training module!

This extensive rewrite includes new topics like Pivot Tables, plus bonus topics & more.

Purchase it on its own: nvaccess.org/product/microsoft…

Or in the NVDA Productivity Bundle: nvaccess.org/product/nvda-prod…

Previous purchases: nvaccess.org/my-account/downlo…

Thanks for all feedback!

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Microsoft #MicrosoftExcel #Excel #SpreadSheets #MicrosoftOffice #Office365

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NV Access | My Account

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#microsoft #nvdasr #nvda #office365 #microsoftoffice #excel #spreadsheets #microsoftexcel

#nvdasr #bugfix #update #nvda #beta #newversion #sapi5

This week's In-Process is out. Featuring all the news on NVDA 2025.2, info on the upcoming NVDA 2025.3, a recap on restarting after updating (no we're not about to enforce that!) and a look into the namesake feature of Microsoft Windows... and just how complicated ARE the Windows+arrow key commands? (Very, but we break it down for you!) All that and more, available now: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Windows #Desktop #NewVersion #NewRelease #FOSS #News #Newsletter

Screenshot of my desktop showing one window snapped to the left half of the screen and the snap window manager showing other windows I can snap to the right half if I choose.

NV Access | In-Process 22nd August 2025

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#Accessibility #foss #Windows #nvdasr #News #newsletter #desktop #nvda #newrelease #newversion

Following a discussion in the user group, which essentially revolved around "After updating to a new version of NVDA, it should FORCE you to restart the PC", I thought I'd just ask here: SHOULD NVDA force you to restart the PC after updating? (The argument being, that sometimes we see quirky behaviour after updating but before restarting. Currently we simply advise you to restart if you encounter something unexpected).

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Poll #Update #Updates #Question

  • Yes, NVDA should force you to restart after updati (14%, 12 votes)
  • No, don't make me restart after updating. (85%, 73 votes)
85 voters. Poll end: 2 months ago

#Accessibility #nvdasr #Question #poll #update #nvda #Updates

Have you completed the 2025 NVDA Satisfaction Survey? It's a short 3 question survey, but it's a great chance to have your say on the most popular free screen reader for Windows! What are we doing well? What can we improve? Please let us know: nvaccess.org/survey

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Survey #Feedback #Accessibility #Input #HelpUs #WhatDoYouThink?

Stylised survey with NV Access logo up the top, title "Survey" and checkboxes numbered 1 - 3 with a tick in the middle box. Coloured sunbursts around edge and border of orange and turquoise, with purple shade in two corners.

NVDA Satisfaction Survey 2025

At NV Access we are always interested in understanding the satisfaction of our NVDA users. Plus, we like to understand clearly what is important to you and also identify what we can do more effectively.
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#Accessibility #nvdasr #nvda #survey #feedback #input #helpus #whatdoyouthink

#Accessibility #screenreader #nvdasr #News #testing #update #nvda #beta #prerelease

Here's a 20-minute tutorial In which I demonstrate how I use #Suno AI to cover/remix my tracks in new ways. A few people have been asking me to show this because the website's a little incomprehensible, so I thought I would do a bit of an explainer.
Here, I'm using NVDA screen-reader in windows with Google Chrome.

If you are attempting this on MacOS, you will likely have to interact with the item and move over to the play button before being able to do VO+Space to play your item. If you don't, nothing much happens.
In all other respects, MacOS works very similarly to windows, so you should be able to follow along with this demo successfully.

Youtube with subtitles: youtu.be/CpK1QBzjSI0

Download for offline listening: onj.me/media/How_I_Use_Suno.mp…

#NVDASR #Demo #Tutorial #Blind


How-To: Use Suno from a Blind Perspective - NVDA (Audio Only)

Here's a 20-minute tutorial In which I demonstrate how I use Suno AI to cover/remix my tracks in new ways. A few people have been asking me to show this beca...
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#blind #nvdasr #tutorial #demo #suno

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2025.2 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version.

Full info & Download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2/

This release includes improvements in Windows 11, browse mode, and Microsoft Word. Plus improved Braille display support, updated LibLouis and eSpeak-NG & more!

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y #News #Update

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NV Access | NVDA 2025.2 Released

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#a11y #Accessibility #screenreader #nvdasr #News #update #nvda

#release #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #newrelease #newversion #exciting #anticipation

It's here! The NVDA 2025.2 Release Candidate is available: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2r…

We encourage ALL users to try this before we declare it is stable. Please see tips on how to test without affecting your installed copy in this week's In-Process: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-4…

NVDA 2025.2 includes improvements in Windows 11, browse mode & Microsoft Word. Plus updates to eSpeak-NG & LibLouis, new device support & more!

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Release #Update #NewVersion #PreRelease #test #Testing #FOSS #FLOSS

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NV Access | NVDA 2025.2rc1 available for testing

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#foss #floss #test #release #nvdasr #testing #update #nvda #newversion #prerelease

#Accessibility #blog #screenreader #nvdasr #News #newsletter #update #nvda

A really nice thing you can do in #NVDASR is if you're on a website with lots of video announcements such as "0 seconds, 5 seconds," etc., you can hit NVDA+5 to turn off these announcements, use the site and hit NVDA+5 again to turn them back on for other uses (this broadly controls dynamic content). I was working with an unfamiliar site yesterday and this was really helpful to cut down on the extra speech so I could focus on the site. I just wanted to share this in case it might help others.
#nvdasr

If you're keen to try the beta, but aren't sure how, download & run it just like any other copy of NVDA!

You can install it, but we recommend most users create a portable copy. Tips here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-9…

Particularly test any highlighted features or those mentioned in the change log.

GitHub is the best place to report issues - steps here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…

Or ask here or via email!

What other tips would experienced users give new testers?

#NVDA #NVDAsr #beta #Test #PreRelease

NV Access | In-Process 17 July 2025

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#test #nvdasr #nvda #beta #prerelease

#Accessibility #foss #floss #screenreader #nvdasr #update #nvda #beta #newversion #prerelease

At NV Access we are always interested in understanding the satisfaction of our NVDA users.
Plus we like to understand clearly what is important to you and also identify what we can do more effectively.
We encourage you to complete the NVDA Satisfaction Survey 2025 to assist us with improving the NVDA user experience. It is a short, three question survey, which is anonymous and does not require signing in.

Complete at: nvaccess.org/survey

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Survey #ScreenReader

Mockup of a survey with the NV Access logo above, the title 'SURVEY" and checkboxes numbered 1 - 3, with a big tick in the 2nd box. Coloured sunburst designs around edge.

NVDA Satisfaction Survey 2025

At NV Access we are always interested in understanding the satisfaction of our NVDA users. Plus we like to understand clearly what is important to you and also identify what we can do more effectively.
Google Docs
#Accessibility #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #survey

#nvdasr #nvda #digitalaccessibility #digitalaccessshow #dasat

NVDA 2025.2 Beta 4 is now available for testing!

Read more & Download at:
nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…

Changes in Beta 4:
- Fixed retrieving some text in object navigation / review cursor
- Added a warning before installing or updating NVDA on the controlled end of an NVDA Remote Access connection.
- Removed changes to trusted certificate handling which caused problems with NVDA Remote Access & some add-ons.
- Updates to translations.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #PreRelease #Beta #NewVersion #News #Update

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NV Access | NVDA 2025.2beta4 available for testing

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#nvdasr #News #update #nvda #beta #newversion #prerelease

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