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Empowering lives through non-visual access to technology. NV Access is an Australian non-profit. We develop NVDA, a free, open source screen reader for Windows. www.nvaccess.org #NVDA, #NVDAsr, #A11y, #Accessibility #ScreenReader

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 2h

NVDA 2026.3 Beta 3 is now available for testing! Download at www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes introduced in Beta 3: - Updates to translations - Reverted bug fix to terminals - Magnifier crash recovery improvement #NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #Update #NewVersion

NV Access | NVDA 2026.3beta3 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The latest In-Process is out! This time it's all (mostly) about NVDA 2026.3! - NVDA 2026.3 Beta 2 - Changes to Changes - International Communities - Copying last spoken text - Talking about NVDA - Show Screen Overview Read it all at: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #New

The NVDA+x double press dialog with the title "Last spoken information" and the text: "A new command, assigned to NVDA+control+x, copies the last spoken information to the clipboard. (#19385, @Cary-rowen)". The dialog has "Copy" and "Close" buttons and has white text on black.

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hi everyone, The NVDA Satisfaction Survey 2026 is now open: www.nvaccess.org/survey2026 The survey is anonymous; we encourage you to add comments. We want to hear from as many as possible. Please feel free to pass this on to others. #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Survey #Feedback #Accessibility

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NVDA 2026.3 Beta 2 is now available for testing! Read all the changes & Download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #Beta #NewVersion

NV Access | NVDA 2026.3beta2 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In-Process is out, featuring: - NVDA 2026.2 - The new magnifier - A new beta already? - Resetting to factory defaults Read it all at: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News #Updates #Information #Magnifier #beta #reset

Photograph of monitor with NVDA Magnifier at 200% inverted colours and showing the magnifier settings screen with the 2026.2 release post in the background.

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hot on the heels of NVDA 2026.2..... We now have Beta 1 of NVDA 2026.3 available! This release includes significant performance improvements, improvements to NVDA’s dialogs, and expanded touch screen input. Read the full announcement and download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr

NV Access | NVDA 2026.3beta1 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's here: NVDA 2026.2 is out! Read more & download from: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #New #NewVersion #Update #FOSS #Software #Download #Free

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2 Released

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Release Candidate 2 of NVDA 2026.2 is now available from www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes in RC 2: - Updates to translations - Fix bug preventing launch for Hungarian users Please let us know of any issues you encounter with this RC! #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #NewRelease

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2rc2 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In-Process is out! Featuring: 1) NVDA 2026.2 Release Candidate! 2) Automatically Scrolling the Braille Display 3) Getting help from others 4) New Unassigned Commands 5) Finding out more about what is new Read all about it at: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Blog #Newsletter #News

NV Access | In-Process 24th August 2026

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Release Candidate is now available! We encourage ALL users to try & give feedback! www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Highlights: Magnifier, Improved touch gestures, NVDA+x repeats last, Improved dictionaries, Automatic Braille scrolling & more! #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader

Left: NVDA icon and text in white on purple with lighter sunbursts in background.
Right: text "2026.2 Release Candidate Now Available!" in purple on white, all surrounded by white and orange border with faint sunbursts around edge

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

While I plan the next blog post, what did you think of the last edition? Did I cover all the ways you use to get help from within NVDA? www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... Perhaps next time, we should cover geting help from others? What would you include? #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Help

Screenshot of NVDA help menu, showing options: "User Guide, COmmands Quick reference, What's new, NV Access web site, Help, training and support, NV Access shop, License, Welcome dialog... and About... NV Access colours of orange, turquoise and purple with white and sunburst design around edge

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 11 is now available for testing! Changes in Beta 11: - Updates to translations - Updated some messages related to magnifier -Added a security fix to clear the braille display on system shutdown Read more & download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta11 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This week's In-Process is out. Featuring: - NVDA 2026.2 Beta 10 - Getting Help - WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey - Thanks Acapela - Moving by Sentence (and more!) Read more at: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News #Newsletter #Beta

NV Access | In-Process 7th August 2026

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 10 is now available: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Please see the post for all the changes. Please do keep testing & share feedback on GitHub: github.com/nvaccess/nvd... or via email. #NVDA #NVDAsr #New #Beta

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta10 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

NVDA 2026.2 beta 9 available for testing. Read more & download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #NewVersion #Beta

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta9 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Did you read our article about "Characters per line"? How do you have yours set? Are you #Team50? Or #Team250? If you're not sure what any of this is, head over to the blog & check it out: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #Blog #News

NVDA's settings dialog open to the Browse mode settings.

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 8 is now available for testing. Beta 8 updates: - Translations - High DPI magnifier fixes - Magnifier & dictionary dialogs - Activating magnifier - Block touch screen input with magnifier Read more & download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta8 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In-Process is out, featuring: - the loss of a community legend - the latest NVDA 2026.2 beta updates - what IS the "Characters per line" setting? - Introducing "Access Point" - and the System Accessibility Repair Tool www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News

NV Access | In-Process 20th July 2026

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 7 is now available for testing. This beta fixes the SAPI 5 issue some users experienced after Beta 6. It also includes updates to translations, PDF, update process & more. Read more & download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Update

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta7 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 6 is now available for testing! Many changes since beta 5 but note also we've found an issue using SAPI 5 voices with this beta. See the release announcement for details & to download: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #Beta #News #NewVersion

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta6 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 5 is now available: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes introduced in Beta 5 include updates to translations, math and magnifier Read more and download from the release announcement. Please keep filing any issues on GitHub: github.com/nvaccess/nvd... #NVDA #NVDAsr

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta5 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

In-Process is out! It's a bumper edition featuring: - NVDA 2026.2 Beta 4 - OCR Follow-up: Extracting text from inaccessible PDF files - From the Community - NVDA Gives George Flexibility - 2026.2 Touch Improvements Check it out here: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Blog #News

NV Access | In-Process 26th June 2026

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 4 is now available for testing! Changes since Beta 3, improvements to: - Translations - Speech dictionaries - Magnifier tracking & logging Read the full changes and download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta4 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 3 is now available for testing! Download from www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes in Beta 3: - Can open Magnifier settings on secure screens - Fixed following focused cell in Excel - Improved Magnifier settings names & layout #NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #NewVersion #PreRelease

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta3 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A busy In-Process this week: - NVDA 2026.2 Beta 2 - Sight City 2026 - Repeating last utterance - All about OCR Read more at: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Newsletter #Blog #SightCity #SightCity2026

NV Access | In-Process 10th June 2026

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 2 is now available for testing! Changes include translation updates, magnifier improvements & more. Please download from: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #NewVersion #News

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta2 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing! www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... This release includes a built-in magnifier, improved braille & touch support, custom speech dictionaries, press NVDA+x to repeat the last spoken, and more! #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #NewVersion

NV Access | NVDA 2026.2beta1 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We've got a big In-Process for you this week! - NVDA 2026.1.1 - Running on the sign in screen - NV Access at Sight City - Microsoft Outlook with NVDA module update - Update on ARM Support - Searching for text All here: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Newsletter #SightCity

Photograph of the NVDA General Settings with the mouse pointer hovering over the "Use Currently Saved settings during sign in and on secure screens" button. White and turquoise stripes top and bottom to make a square image.

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

NVDA 2026.1.1 is now available! Read more and download from www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #News #NewVersion #Update

NV Access | NVDA 2026.1.1 Released

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We have put out a release candidate for NVDA 2026.1.1. This is a patch release to fix security issues. A bug fix is also included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in File Explorer. Read more & download from: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader

NV Access | NVDA 2026.1.1rc1 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In-Process is out, featuring all the news on NVDA 2026.1 which is now available, as well as the recent NV Access all-hands, and a handy tip on copying the NVDA version number: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News #Accessibility #Newsletter #Blog #Info

NV Access staff and board at the all-hands meeting in Melbourne.

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

NV Access are extremely pleased to announce the release of NVDA 2026.1! Please read the full update and download from: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #New #News #Update #ScreenReader #Free #FOSS #FLOSS #NewVersion #NewRelease #Accessibility

Close up of the NVDA notification area icon

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The NVDA 2026.1 Release Candidate is now availbale! This is the last step before the stable release and we ncourage ALL users to download and try out the release candidate. Read the full announcement and download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

“NVDA is more than just a screen reader; it is an essential tool for independence. It’s fast, reliable & handles everything from web browsing to complex document editing with ease." – Mister Kane, India #NVDA #NVDAsr #Testimonial

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

In-Process is out - a bumper issue this time: - NVDA 20 Years - 20 Years of NVDA Development: A Data-Driven Retrospective - NVDA 2026.1 Beta 13 - NV Access all hands - Selecting cells in Excel - Subscribing via email All this and more at: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr

Celebrating 20 years of NVDA (See linked post for description)

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 13 is now available. Changes: - Updates to translations. - Fixed virus scan results being unavailable for installed add-ons. Read more & download from :https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1beta13/ #NVDA #NVDAsr

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 12 is now available: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... - Fixed spelling error reporting in Microsoft Word when accessed via the object model. - Fixed the Add-on Store failing to open in some circumstances. - Updates to translations. #NVDA #NVDAsr #NewVersion #Beta #News

NV Access | NVDA 2026.1beta12 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 11 is available & it is another one which will challenge me to fit the changes in one message, so please see release post for full details): Read more & download: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #FOSS #FLOSS #News #NewVersion #Beta

NV Access | NVDA 2026.1beta11 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This week's In-process is out! Featuring: - NVDA 2026.1 Beta 10 - Organisational news as we say goodbye to one of the team - Lots of tips on working with languages Read more here: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #News #Newsletter

NV Access | In-Process 10th April 2026

We continue to move closer to the next stable release! Let’s have a look at what’s new, at some tips for using multiple languages, and some organisational news as we farewell a member of the team:

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

NVDA's Speech Dictoaries let you replace NVDA reading one thing, with another: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... Press NVDA+n, p, d, enter to open the default speech dictionary. Do you use any speech dictionary entries? What do you correct with them? #NVDA #NVDAsr #TipOfTheDay #Tips #Tip

Speech dictionary screen with an entry replacing the pattern "meeting" with "nap"

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 10 is now available: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes introduced in Beta 10 include fixes in Notepad++, Mathcat, SAPI 4 and translation updates. Read the full update and download the new beta from the release announcement. #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta

NV Access | NVDA 2026.1beta10 available for testing

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 9 is now available. There are many updates this time: - Copying settings to system config - Saving state of screen curtain - MathCAT input help - Secure screens - l10Util - Translations Read more & download from www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #NewVersion

NV Access | NVDA 2026.1beta9 available for testing

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Our latest In-Process blog post is out: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... Covering: 1) NVDA 2026.1 Beta 8 2) Thanks to Salesforce 3) Installing Add-ons 4) Displaying add-ons compatible with a particular version in the web view 5) More logical navigation through Word documents #NVDA #NVDAsr #News

NV Access | In-Process 27 March 2026

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 8 is now avaialble from www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes since Beta 7: - Fixed the “Speech style” setting in Math settings being empty when using languages other than English. - Updates to translations. #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #NewVersion #Update #PreRelease #FOSS

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hi everyone, Beta 7 of NVDA 2026.1 is now available for download and testing. Download: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes introduced in Beta 7: Prevented some cases of NVDA crashing on secure screens The empty Bangla translation has been removed. Updates to translations.

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

What did you think of our article about add-on development & AI in last week's In-Process #newsletter? Did we cover the main points? Did we miss anything? If you are visual, what did you think of our AI-generated image? www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Newsletter #Addons #Ecosystem

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 6 is now available! PLUS, bonus In-Process blog! So, head over to www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... and you can read all about all the news. As well as the new Beta, there is also news on Sight City, and a discussion around using AI in add-on development. #NVDA #NVDAsr

NV Access | In-Process 10th March 2026

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NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

NV Access are excited to announce that we will be at Sight City in Germany in May! We're keen to meet NVDA users & like-minded organisations in person in Europe. Unfortunately, we aren't attending CSUN this year. We will keep sharing what is new with NVDA & our roadmap with you here.

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Our latest In-Process blog post is out and it's a big one! - NVDA 2025.3.3 - Restarting after updating - Where do you get your info? - #NVDA20 - Thank you Germany! - NVDA 2026.1 Beta 4 - One week with NVDA All that and more right here: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader

Image of the BFW NVDA Project team with text "spendenübergabe" (Donation handover) above and "BFW Berufsförderungswerk Würzburg gGmbH" (BFW Vocational Training Center Würzburg) below

NV Access @nvaccess.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 4 is available for testing for anyone interested in trying out the next version of NVDA before it is released! Full details & download: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #PreRelease #FOSS

NV Access | NVDA 2026.1beta4 available for testing

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