The name NVDA stands for NonVisual Desktop Access. Portable NVDA was developed to be an open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille language, the program enables the blind or vision impaired people to access running computers.
Navigation is accomplished only using the computer keyboard. It is comparable to commercial products, such as JAWS and Window-Eyes.
Here are some key features of "Portable NVDA":
· Ability to run entirely from a USB stick or other portable media without the need for installation
· Browsing the web with Mozilla Firefox 3
· Easy to use talking installer
· Working with email using Mozilla Thunderbird 3
· Early support for Microsoft Internet Explorer
· Basic support for Microsoft Outlook Express / Windows Mail
· Basic support for Microsoft Word and Excel
· Support for accessible Java applications
· Early support for Adobe Reader
· Early support for IBM Lotus Symphony
· support for Windows Command Prompt and console applications
· Automatic announcement of text under the mouse and optional audible indication of the mouse position
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
New Features:
· NVDA can announce the number of leading tabs and spaces of the current line in the order that they are entered. This can be enabled by selecting report line indentation in the document formatting dialogue. (#373)
· NVDA can now detect key presses generated from alternative keyboard input emulation such as on-screen keyboards and speech recognition software.
· NVDA can now detect colors in Windows command consoles.
· Bold, italic and underline are now indicated in braille using signs appropriate to the configured translation table. (#538)
Much more information is now reported in Microsoft Word documents, including:
· Inline information such as footnote and endnote numbers, heading levels, the existance of comments, table nesting levels, links, and text color;
· Reporting when entering document sections such as the comments story, footnotes and endnotes stories, and header and footer stories.
· Braille now indicates selected text using dots 7 and 8. (#889)
· Braille now reports inform...
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