And now NVDA 2025.2 Beta 2 is now available for testing! Changes in beta 2 include:

• Braille updates correctly when typing in Excel.
• Fixed a bug with the NLS eReader Zoomax driver.
• Fixed errors in object navigation with braille in XAML static text controls.
• Fixed root certificate issues in the Add-on Store.
• Updates to translations.

For full details and to download, please visit: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2beta2/

I must admit, I am not sure - whether that was a deliberate change, or perhaps if we even knew you could do that originally :) It could be something which is worth an issue if you are interested: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues

I have seen NVDA as an acronym for NonViolent Direct Action, though only ever in lists of acronyms :) I’m not sure how widely (or in what context) it is used in the wild like that?

NVDA in our context stands for Non Visual Desktop Access. The free screen reader which has been around since 2006: https://www.nvaccess.org/

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/

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/

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.

Thanks everyone for your ongoing patience. We are pleased to confirm checking for NVDA updates now works again.

Thanks to not needing a license check, there was never any other impact to NVDA & its functionality.

Expert certification & snapshot builds are still paused & shop purchases are still being processed manually.

We’re making progress, and once again we do thank everyone for your support and patience! If you do need anything, please do reach out to [email protected].

NVDA 2024.4 Beta 3 is now available!

Changes introduced in Beta 3:

Updated LibLouis Braille translator to 3.31.0.

• Fixed translation of numbers in Spanish Braille.

• New Braille tables:

• Thai grade 1

• Greek international Braille (single-cell accented letters)

• Renamed tables:

• “Thai 6 dot” was renamed to “Thai grade 0” for consistency reasons.

• The existing “Greek international braille” table was renamed to “Greek international braille (2-cell accented letters)” to clarify the distinction between the two Greek systems.

Updates to translations.

Read more and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4beta3/

Continuing my trend of being a bit late posting - NVDA 2024.4 Beta 2 is now available: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4beta2/

Changes introduced in Beta 2:

• The stability of NVDA’s Poedit support has been improved with the side effect that the minimum required version of Poedit is now version 3.5.
• NVDA no longer freezes while checking for add-on updates.
• Updates to translations.

Note that “NVDA is no longer as sluggish when arrowing up and down through large files in VS Code.” is listed on the release announcement as a new update - this was included in Beta 1 and inadvertently carried over to the Beta 2 announcement.

Thanks so much for pinning this - and for all the responses we’ve got! We are closing the survey today, so can remove the pinned post now.

Of course, we are always happy for feedback, so if anyone does have additional feedback they would like to give, please don’t hesitate to write to [email protected]

Kind regards

Quentin