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NVDA

NVDA allows blind and vision impaired people to access and interact with the Windows operating system and many third party applications.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Windows
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  1.  Portable
  2.  Applescript

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about NVDA, and it has gotten 9 likes

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dataculi
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NVDA is by far the most popular and most mature screen reader for Windows

HnauHnakrapunt
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Quite easy to use and free. Perhaps it is not the most powerful and well-known solution (that goes to Window-Eyes and JAWS) but if you need something to start with immediately, try this.

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What is NVDA?

NVDA allows blind and vision impaired people to access and interact with the Windows operating system and many third party applications.

Major highlights include:

  • Support for popular applications including web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, email clients, internet chat software, music players, and office programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Built-in speech synthesizer supporting over 50 languages, plus support for many other 3rd party voices
  • Reporting of textual formatting where available such as font name and size, style and spelling errors
  • Automatic announcement of text under the mouse and optional audible indication of the mouse position
  • Support for many refreshable braille displays, including input of Braille via braille displays that have a braille keyboard
  • Ability to run entirely from a USB flash drive or other portable media without the need for installation
  • Easy to use talking installer
  • Translated into more than 50 languages
  • Support for modern Windows Operating Systems including both 32 and 64 bit variants
  • Ability to run on Windows logon and other secure screens
  • Announcing controls and text while interacting with gestures on touch screens