NVDA has used OneCore voices (the voices built in to Windows 10 which Narrator also uses) as the default since NVDA 2018.2 - but if you had previously installed it and been updating it since, it would

Hi everyone, NV Access is pleased to announce the release of NVDA 2021.1! Full information and download links are at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2021-1/ NVDA 2021.1 includes fixes for language

Janet, Glad you got it working! I was trying to think what it could be based on the information you gave previously, and I should have thought of that! Now that you have NVDA installed, it should read

Others have already given the details of the email list - several in fact, so I will try and help with the issue you are having installing. Did you already have a copy of NVDA installed? If so, which

You can even get Eloquence for NVDA! It's not free, but cheaper than a Jaws SMA :) Here is the link to NVDA 2021.1 Release Candidate 2: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2021-1rc2/ Basically, unless

Hi Janet, Just as with Jaws, NVDA has a desktop keyboard layout (which uses the number pad for some functions) and a laptop keyboard layout (which reassigns those functions elsewhere, bumping some oth

As others have said - www.nvaccess.org is the site you want. Also, as someone coming from Jaws, there is an article with information on some of the first things which might be useful for you - where t

If you are using a laptop, have you bumped your track pad or has that setting somehow become enabled if you had it disabled previously (exactly how depends on the model of laptop you have). You can tu

Hi everyone, I've just published this week's In-Process, it's the mostly-fortnightly NV Access blog. This week we feature all the details on the newly released NVDA 2021.1 Beta 3, information about wh

There wasn't NVDA+control+t in the steps I gave you - NVDA+control+g (G for golf) opens NVDA's general settings - just like press NVDA+n, then p then enter). The other one with three keys was NVDA+con

Hi Sharon, No problem, here are the steps: First of all, your NVDA key is either INSERT or CAPS LOCK, depending on how you have NVDA setup. So, to set your log level: 1) Press NVDA+control+g to open t

Which version of Excel are you using? The XLSX format was introduced in Excel 2007 and has been the standard Excel format since. If you are using Excel 2003 or earlier, it might not open it, although

YouTube displays the comments under the recommended videos, and it starts with the spot for you to add a public comment. Although there is something which acts like an edit field to "add a public comm

Hi Armando, It shouldn't matter what kind of keyboard you are using, or the blink rate - the blink rate and cursor size only affect how it appears on screen. The keyboard delay affects when you hold d

Outlook Express was in Windows XP Became Windows mail in Windows Vista Became Windows Live mail in Windows 7 and joined the Windows Essentials suite. For Windows 10, the equivalent would be Mail which

Hi Marie, You can create "Configuration Profiles" for individual programs in NVDA, yes. 1. Make sure you are in Outlook (or whichever program you want to set a profile for) 2. Press NVDA+control+p to

Could you have set up a configuration profile maybe for the current program? if so, changing the voice will only affect that program and it will revert to the default voice if you change programs. NVD

Basically because we started the process towards the release back in December, optimistically thinking we might get it released last year. In the end we didn't want to rush it out just for the sake of

Hi everyone, NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2020.4 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this versio

Hi Jim, Firstly, I'd suggest reading through the "Switching from Jaws to NVDA" guide at: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda-community/wiki/SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA - It covers a lot o the "How do I do [i