

NVDA supports a range of Braille displays - see the NVDA user guide for an up-to-date list.As part of our commitment to giving back and sharing knowledge, we have partnered with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered around building more accessible websites with WordPress. NVDA will also announcement text formatting where available such as font name and size, style and spelling errors. Therefore, if you move your mouse from the centre of the screen to the top right-hand corner, the tone will progressively increase in pitch and gradually shift to the right hand speaker.

As you move your mouse towards the top of the screen, you will hear a tone that progressively increases in pitch.

As you move your mouse to left-hand side of the screen, the tone will change from coming out of both speakers to only coming out of the left speaker when your mouse is at the far left of the screen.This may be useful for people who are able to see where the mouse is on the screen (particularly if the size of the mouse pointer has been increased) but who need assistance with identifying or reading what is under the mouse.Īnother feature makes it possible to hear which direction you mouse is traveling using sound. NVDA automatically announces whatever is underneath the mouse. You can also use Microsoft’s Speech Application Programming Interface (SAPI), in particularly SAPI 4 and SAPI 5, to provide speech output. The default voice that NVDA uses is eSpeak, an open source speech synthesiser that supports over 20 languages. NVDA can be installed on to your computer using the easy-to-use talking installer or you can use the portable version and take NVDA with you on a USB stick or other portable media without the need for installation. NVDA is developed in Australia, and supports over 20 different languages. NVDA is a free, open source screen reader that works with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and 7 (32 and 64 bit).
