NonVisual Desktop Access

NVDA
Original author(s)Michael Curran
Developer(s)NV Access and contributors
Initial release2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Stable release
2024.4 / 28 October 2024; 6 days ago (2024-10-28)
Repositorygithub.com/nvaccess/nvda
Written inPython, C++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Available in62 languages
List of languages
  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Aragonese
  • Bulgarian
  • Burmese
  • Catalan
  • Central Kurdish
  • Chinese (Simplified, China)
  • Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR)
  • Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Galician
  • Georgian
  • German
  • German (Switzerland)
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Kannada
  • Korean
  • Kyrgyz
  • Lithuanian
  • Macedonian
  • Mongolian
  • Nepali
  • Northern Kurdish
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Norwegian Nynorsk
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Serbian (Latin)
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Spanish (Colombia)
  • Swedish
  • Tamil
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese
TypeScreen reader
LicenseGNU General Public License version 2
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NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open-source, portable screen reader[1] for Microsoft Windows.[2] The project was started by Michael Curran in 2006.[3]

NVDA is programmed in Python. It utilizes accessibility APIs such as UI Automation, Microsoft Active Accessibility, IAccessible2 and Java Access Bridge, to access and present information to the user. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.

  1. ^ AFB. "Screen Reading Technology". Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ Kirboyun, Sevgi (2018). "Computer Aided System for Users with Visual Impairments". 2018 IEEE/ACS 15th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA). pp. 1–2. doi:10.1109/AICCSA.2018.8612898. hdl:10150/631977. ISBN 978-1-5386-9120-5. S2CID 58671401.
  3. ^ Rowena (24 April 2018). "NV Access: Interview and Review". www.top10-websitehosting.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2019.