Technology

NVDA

NVDA is a free, open-source screen reader that provides blind and vision-impaired users with full access to the Windows operating system.

Developed by the Australian charity NV Access, NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a high-performance, open-source screen reader that enables over 250,000 blind and vision-impaired individuals worldwide to navigate Windows computers. The software translates on-screen information into synthetic speech or Braille, supporting major applications like Google Chrome, Microsoft Office, and Mozilla Firefox right out of the box. Because it runs entirely on donations and community contributions, NVDA bypasses the high licensing fees of proprietary alternatives (saving users thousands of dollars) and can even run portably from a USB drive to ensure accessibility on any workstation.