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.
NVAccess has released NVDA 2012.2.1 Final version after 5 days of the release of NVDA 2012.2. Unfortunately, we couldn’t share it due to some technical issues here. This release addresses several potential security issues (by upgrading Python to 2.7.3). Upgrading is recommended. Release notes of NVDA 2012.2 and 2012.2.1 are given below. Highlight of new NVDA is, you do not need to download installer and portable separately, you will be asked while installing.
What's New in NVDA 2012.2.1
This release addresses several potential security issues (by upgrading Python to 2.7.3).
2012.2
New Features
• NVDA can now automatically check for, download and install updates.
• Extending NVDA's functionality has been made easier with the addition of an Add-ons Manager (found under Tools in the NVDA menu) allowing you to install
and uninstall new NVDA add-on packages (.nvda-addon files) containing plugins and drivers. Note the Add-on manager does not show older custom plugins and
drivers manually copied in to your configuration directory.
• Many more common NVDA features now work in Windows 8 Metro style apps when using an installed release of NVDA, including speaking of typed characters,
and browse mode for web documents (includes support for metro version of Internet Explorer 10). Portable copies of NVDA cannot access metro style apps.
• In browse mode documents (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.), you can now jump to the start and past the end of certain containing elements (such as lists
and tables) with shift+, and , respectively.
• New language: Greek.
• Graphics and alt text are now reported in Microsoft Word Documents.
Changes:
• Announcement of cell coordinates in Microsoft Excel is now after the content rather than before, and is now only included if the report tables and report
table cell coordinates settings are enabled in the Document formatting settings dialog.
• NVDA is now distributed in one package. Rather than separate portable and installer versions, there is now just one file that, when run, will start a
temporary copy of NVDA and will allow you to install or generate a portable distribution.
• NVDA is now always installed in to Program Files on all systems. Updating a previous install will also automatically move it if it was not previously
installed there.
Bug Fixes:
• With auto language switching enabled, Content such as alt text for graphics and labels for other certain controls in Mozilla Gecko (e.g. Firefox) are
now reported in the correct language if marked up appropriately.
• SayAll in BibleSeeker (and other TRxRichEdit controls) no longer stops in the middle of a passage.
• Lists found in the Windows 8 Explorer file properties (permitions tab) and in Windows 8 Windows Update now read correctly.
• Fixed possible freezes in MS Word which would result when it took more than 2 seconds to fetch text from a document (extremely long lines or tables of
contents).
• Detection of word breaks now works correctly where whitespace is followed by certain punctuation.
• In browse mode in Adobe Reader, it is now possible to navigate to headings without a level using quick navigation and the Elements List.
• In Winamp, braille is now correctly updated when you move to a different item in the Playlist Editor.
• The tree in the Elements List (available for browse mode documents) is now properly sized to show the text of each element.
• In applications using the Java Access Bridge, editable text fields are now presented correctly in braille.
• In applications using the java Access Bridge, editable text fields no longer report strange characters in certain circumstances.
• In applications using the Java Access Bridge, when at the end of an editable text field, the current line is now reported correctly.
• In browse mode in applications using Mozilla Gecko 14 and later (e.g. Firefox 14), quick navigation now works for block quotes and embedded objects.
• In Internet Explorer 9, NVDA no longer reads unwanted content when focus moves inside certain landmarks or focusable elements (specifically, a div element
which is focusable or has an ARIA landmark role).
• The NVDA icon for the NVDA Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts is now displayed correctly on 64 bit editions of Windows.
Changes for Developers:
• Due to the replacement of the previous NSIS installer for NVDA with a built-in installer in Python, it is no longer necessary for translaters to maintain a langstrings.txt file for the installer. All localization strings are now managed by gettext po files.
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