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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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm going to be trying that today. I hope my Unspoken version still runs on this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do let us know. I'm not familiar with Unspoken. If it's an NVDA add-on, it might need an update. If it's an external program, it should keep working fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's an NVDA add-on. It substitutes role announcements with specific 3d located sounds. And fortunately it does work. I should change the manifest to indicate it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hi everyone, two small bits of news from us today:

  1. Hot on the heels of yesterday's 2025.1 release, there's a minor point release - NVDA 2025.1.1 to fix an issue which affected some users (updates for both those on stable, and those on RC / Beta branches): https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1-1/

  2. We've re-enabled taking NVDA Certified Expert exams (we froze them while we were having those site issues): https://certification.nvaccess.org/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Another update for 2025.1 - 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/