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NVDA 2026.3 is here! This release includes significant performance improvements, improvements to dialogs & expanded touch screen input. Read more & download now from: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... We encourage all users to upgrade to NVDA 2026.3 #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #News

The NVDA 2026.3 Release Candidate is now available for testing! This is the LAST step before the final, stable release, and we encourage ALL users to download and test this and provide feedback. See the full release notes and download at: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... #NVDA #NVDAsr #NewVersion

NVDA 2026.3 Beta 6 is now available for testing: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... As always, please do keep testing and reporting any issues you encounter via GitHub: github.com/nvaccess/nvd... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #NewVersion #PreRelease #FOSS #FLOSS

In-Process is out! Covering: - Accessibility Testing with NVDA - NV Access Survey - New Help Options for NVDA Users - Help for Low Vision Users - NVDA 2026.3 Beta 5 & more: www.nvaccess.org/post/in-proc... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Testing #A11y #UserTesting

NVDA 2026.3 Beta 5 is now available for testing! www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes in Beta 5: - Updates to translations - Bug fix for NVDA failing to start on Windows 10 versions older than 1903 #NVDA #NVDAsr

NV Access is very excited to launch: "Accessibility Testing with NVDA" A comprehensive resource for anyone involved in accessibility testing. Available now from: www.nvaccess.org/product/acce... #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #testing #A11y #New #News #Training #ProfessionalDevelopment

NVDA 2026.3 beta 4 is now available for testing: www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20... Changes introduced in Beta 4: - Updates to translations - Added bug fix for lag in the Add-on Store when searching using Chinese characters - Minor documentation changes #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #NewVersion #Beta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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