NVDA 2012.3 Released, Download Installer and Portable

  NVDA (Non visual desktop access) is a free and open source screen reader for Windows platform from NV Access.  NVDA is also available as portable, you can copy it to a removable media and can be run in any computer without installing. NV Access has released the latest version of NVDA (2012.3) final. Highlights of this release include support for Asian character input; experimental support for touch screens on Windows 8; reporting of page numbers and improved support for tables in Adobe Reader; table navigation commands in focused table rows and Windows list-view controls; support for several more braille displays; and reporting of row and column headers in Microsoft Excel.

New Features

• NVDA can now support Asian character input using IME and text service input methods in all applications, Including:
  Reporting and navigation of candidate lists;
  Reporting and navigation of composition strings; and
  Reporting of reading strings.
• The presence of underline and strikethrough is now reported in Adobe Reader documents.
• When the Windows Sticky Keys function is enabled, the NVDA modifier key will now behave like other modifier keys. This allows you to use the NVDA modifier key without needing to hold it down while you press other keys.
• Automatic reporting of column and row headers is now supported in Microsoft Excel. Press NVDA+shift+c to set the row containing column headers and NVDA+shift+r to set the column containing row headers. Press either command twice in quick succession to clear the setting.
• Support for HIMS Braille Sense, Braille EDGE and SyncBraille braille displays.
• When Windows 8 Toast notifications appear, NVDA will report them if reporting of help balloons is enabled.
• Experimental support for Touch screens on Windows 8, including:
  Reading text directly under your finger while moving it around
  Many gestures for performing object navigation, text review, and other NVDA commands.
• Support for VIP Mud.
• In Adobe Reader, if a table has a summary, it is now presented.
• In Adobe Reader, table row and column headers can now be reported.
• New languages: Amharic, Korean, Nepali, Slovenian.
• NVDA can now read auto complete suggestions when entering email addresses in Microsoft Outlook 2007.
• New eSpeak voice variants: Gene, Gene2.
• In Adobe Reader, page numbers can now be reported.
• In Reader XI, page labels are reported where present, reflecting changes to page numbering in different sections, etc. In earlier versions, this is not possible and only sequential page numbers are reported.
• It is now possible to reset NVDA's configuration to factory defaults either by pressing NVDA+control+r three times quickly or by choosing Reset to Factory Defaults from the NVDA menu.
• Support for the Seika Version 3, 4 and 5 and Seika80 braille displays from Nippon Telesoft.
• The first and last top routing buttons on Freedom Scientific PAC Mate and Focus Braille displays can now be used to scroll backward and forward.
• Many more features are supported on Freedom Scientific Focus Braille displays such as advance bars, rocker bars and certain dot combinations for common actions.
• In applications using IAccessible2 such as Mozilla applications, table row and column headers can now be reported outside of browse mode.
• Preliminary support for the document control in Microsoft Word 2013.
• Text alignment can now be reported in applications using IAccessible2 such as Mozilla applications.
• When a table row or standard Windows list-view control with multiple columns is focused, you can now use the table navigation commands to access individual cells.
• New braille translation tables: Estonian grade 0, Portuguese 8 dot computer braille, Italian 6 dot computer braille.
• If NVDA is installed on the system, directly opening an NVDA add-on package (e.g. from Windows Explorer or after downloading in a web browser) will install it into NVDA.
• Support for newer models of Papenmeier BRAILLEX braille displays.
• Position information (e.g. 1 of 4) is now reported for Windows Explorer list items on Windows 7 and above. This also includes any UIAutomation controls that support the itemIndex and itemCount custom properties.

Changes

• In the NVDA Review Cursor preferences dialog, the Follow keyboard focus option has been renamed to Follow system focus for consistency with terminology used elsewhere in NVDA.
• When braille is tethered to review and the cursor is on an object which is not a text object (e.g. an editable text field), cursor routing keys will now activate the object.
• The Save Settings On Exit option is now on by default for new configurations.
• When updating a previously installed copy of NVDA, the desktop shortcut key is no longer forced back to control+alt+n if it was manually changed to something different by the user.
• The add-ons list in the Add-ons Manager now shows the package name before its status.
• If installing the same or another version of a currently installed add-on, NVDA will ask if you wish to update the add-on, rather than just showing an error and aborting installation.
• Object navigation commands (except the report current object command) now report with less verbosity. You can still obtain the extra information by using the report current object command.
• Updated liblouis braille translator to 2.5.1.
• The NVDA Key Commands Quick Reference document has been renamed to Commands Quick Reference, as it now includes touch commands as well as keyboard commands.
• The Elements list in Browse mode will now remember the last element type shown (e.g. links, headings or landmarks) each time the dialog is shown within the same session of NVDA.
• Most Metro apps in Windows 8 (e.g. Mail, Calendar) no longer activate Browse Mode for the entire app.
• Updated Handy Tech BrailleDriver COM-Server to 1.4.2.0.

In addition to above list of features and changes, There are many bugfixes in this version, you can read it from the official source here

Download:

Download NVDA 2012.3 main package from below link which include Installer and Portable. You can choose to install or to make portable while running main package.
Download NVDA 2012.3

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