I hope all my fellow #Blind, #DeafBlind, and #VisuallyImpaired people, along with their family, friends, and others have a great time at the #ACB and/or #NFB 2026 conventions. I am taking this time, and the increased activity on certain hashtags to do some shameless promotion of #OurBlind. OurBlind comprises the Discord, Lemmy, and Reddit communities operated by the staff of the r/Blind subreddit, as well as those who have joined since the creation of the Discord in 2022, and Lemmy in 2023. We have members from all over the world, and of all ages, hearing and vision levels, and are a safe space for Our LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse friends. Our general community guidelines, and the links to reach our platforms can be found on our website.

https://ourblind.com/

@main @mastoblind #ACB2026 #NFB2026

RE: https://dragonscave.space/@dhamlinmusic/116575911177078798

Ok, I have now started The Claw of the Conciliator (THE Book of the New Sun 2) by Gene Wolf in #Braille, and read the first two chapters.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 5 is now available: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-2beta5/

Changes introduced in Beta 5:

• Updates to translations
• Use math navigation category for one more math script
• Prevent NVDA freeze when brailling math with certain Unicode characters
• Improvements to Magnifier messages and settings names

Read more and download from the release announcement, and please keep filing any issues you find on GitHub: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #Update #News

In-Process is out! It's a bumper edition featuring:

• NVDA 2026.2 Beta 4
• OCR Follow-up: Extracting text from inaccessible PDF files
• From the Community
• NVDA Gives George Flexibility
• 2026.2 Touch Improvements

Check it out here: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-26th-june-2026/

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 4 is now available for testing for those who want to try out what the next version of NVDA has before it comes out!

Changes since Beta 3, improvements to:

• Translations
• Speech dictionaries
• Magnifier tracking & logging

Read the full changes and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-2beta4/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta

Early this year I preordered this new Blackberry like phone keyboard that attaches via MagSafe (or Qi2).

So far - and I’m typing this on it - it’s pretty interesting. I’m used to touch typing, but my muscle memory was never trained for BBM.

Symbols seem to roughly match the iOS keyboard, dead keys work as expected and holding a key pops up the numbered list of accents like on macOS. That’s amazing for me as a multi-lingual low-vision typist.

Ergonomics are kinda weird and I’ll need to get used to it. Using it with the phone in landscape and zoom gives lots of space for text though, I like that.

Just some day 1 impressions, I’d love to answer any questions from BVI folks.

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 3 is now available for testing!

Please find the full change log and download from https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-2beta3/

Changes in Beta 3:

Changes introduced in Beta 3:

• Pressing NVDA+control+w on secure screens now opens Magnifier settings as expected.
• Highlighter and Magnifier now follow the focused cell in Excel
• Improvements to Magnifier settings names and layout

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #NewVersion #PreRelease #Beta #FOSS #ScreenReader

Ok stumbled upon this tonight, can anyone figure out what the fuck it is? Is it an adult daycare? Is it a #Blind training center?
https://www.cumberlandcountynj.gov/mw-enrichment-center
@main @mastoblind

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing!

https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-2beta1/

This release includes a built-in magnifier with zoom and filtering options (currently only full-screen). Touch support has been significantly expanded, custom speech dictionaries are now available, you can press NVDA+x to repeat the last spoken information, the Braille display can automatically scroll and more!

So #Facebook on #Android has almost entirely broken for #Blind users relying on #Talkback, the menu force opens when focus lands on it and traps, and you cannot activate almost anything without it jumping back to the home tab and trying to create a story instead. Maybe for a change @nationsblind will do something about this now instead of waiting 6-12 months for it to appear on #iOS…

@main @mastoblind

We've got a big In-Process for you this week!

• NVDA 2026.1.1
• Running on the sign in screen
• NV Access at Sight City
• Microsoft Outlook with NVDA module update
• Update on ARM Support
• Searching for text

All here: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-22nd-may-2026/

Anyone who knows what they're doing want to cobble together a #NVDA add on that effectively acts as a screen saver for a connected #BrailleDisplay that will raise and lower each cell in a wave type pattern when the computer is idle longer than a set duration?
@main @mastoblind

NVDA 2026.1.1 is now available! This is a patch release to fix security issues. A bug fix is also included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in File Explorer. A change introduced in 2026.1 with how NVDA handles connection issues with Remote Access was removed.

Read more and download from https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1-1/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #News #NewVersion #Update

So it appears both #Braille Extender, and Braille Essentials, are on the #NVDA ad on store now and work with 2026.1.
@main @mastoblind

We have put out a release candidate for NVDA 2026.1.1. This is a patch release to fix security issues. A bug fix is also included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in File Explorer.

Read more and download from: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1-1rc1/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #NewVersion #News #PreRelease #FOSS #FLOSS #Free #Software

Ok read a chapter today in #Braille, I started The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun 1) by Gene Wolf, and very quickly it was clear that this was the correct choice, I do not think it would be easy to follow in audio or TTS. So far it is exceptional.

@main @mastoblind @bookstodon

I couldn't find any real information about how Yubikeys work with screen readers. So I decided to publish some.

In-Process is out, featuring all the news on NVDA 2026.1 which is now available, as well as the recent NV Access all-hands, and a handy tip on copying the NVDA version number:

https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-11th-may-2026/

Ok it has been a bit since I did this, and i definitely worded the last one wrong. I'm looking for my fellow #NVDA users to suggest Add-On that are not in the store.I'm on 2026.1, and already use Add-On Documentation, #Braille Extender, Resource Monitor, and VLC.

#Accessibility, #Blind, #ScreenReaders, @main @mastoblind

NV Access are extremely pleased to announce the release of NVDA 2026.1!

Featuring:

• NVDA is now 64-bit
• Inbuilt MathCAT
• Improvements to speech, OCR, languages, braille, browse mode, web access, add-on store, and lots more!

Please read the full update and download from: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1/

The NVDA 2026.1 Release Candidate is now available! This is the last step before the stable release and we encourage ALL users to download and try out the release candidate. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the stable release.

Read the full announcement and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1rc1/

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 13 is now available. Changes:

• Updates to translations.
• Fixed virus scan results being unavailable for installed add-ons.

Note: This affects newly installed add-ons. Virus scan results are still unavailable for add-ons installed in previous versions of NVDA.

Read the full details of what is coming in NVDA 2026.1 and download the latest beta from :https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1beta13/

#Blind #XMPP users on #Windows, what chat app do you use? I just set up a #Snikket instance and phone number through JMP.chat. Tried #Gajim and it didn't seem accessible.
@mastoblind @main

NVDA 2026.1 Beta 11 is available & it is another one which will challenge me to fit the changes in one message (See release post for full details): Changes in Beta 11:

• MathCAT speech settings
• Fix opening Add-on store
• Reading math with MultiLang add-on
• Spelling / Grammar reporting with braille
• Word / Outlook math support option
• Updates to docs & translations

Read more & download: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1beta11/