NVDA 0.6P2 Now Available

Yesterday, the developers of NvDA put up 0.6P2. It is not a stable release but it will give you a look at what will be in 0.6 when the official release comes out.

It has greatly improved since the release of 0.6P1. The most noticeable change is that NVDA now works with Firefox 3 almost flawlessly. Also, the virtual buffer has been improved. You can jump to any element on a page with a key command There were some present in the older version but more has been included. The number of bugs that were present in the older release have now been corrected. To learn about all the changes in detail, you can read
• What's new in 0.6p2"

To download the installer for this version, you can
click here.
To grab the portable version, you can
click this other link.
Finally, to keep up with the latest happenings on NVDA, you can read the
NVDA blog.

NVDA 0.6 P Released

NVDA 0.6 Preview has just been released by the NVDA team. Since it is just a preview version, there are still many major bugs that still needs to be fixed. One notable thing in the version is the newly written virtual buffer code for firefox. If you use Firefox, the web pages will load quicker than before. Currently, the code for Internet Explorer is broken so you may not have much success using it.
You can
click here
to get the installer.
You can also go to the official NVDA web site by going to
http://nvda-project.org

Review of linux Using Orca Screen Reader

Darragh has made a review of the Orca screen reader which runs on Gnome. The following e-mail from the Orca list explains it more:

Hello all,

It's wet and horrible here tonight so I'm really noth bothered about
going out so instead, I've done an audio review of Orca running on Gnome
with the TTSynth synthesizer, Evolution, Firefox and open office.

This aims to illustrate that a lot of the tasks now done in Windows by
jaws and windows users can now be done in Linux with the same type of
interfaces.

I've tried to keep it as generic as possible by limiting the amount of
technical information provided so I'm hoping I've given enough to get
people interested.

The file is about 35 megs and is available from:
http://www.digitaldarragh.com/linux-and-orca-review.mp3

Please send your feedback.

Darragh

NVDA 0.5 Released

Finally after two and a half months of hard work, we are glad to release the long-awaited NVDA version 0.5. This version contains over forty changes, including
many bug fixes and some pretty cool new features.

NVDA now comes with the
eSpeak
synthesizer built right in, meaning that NVDA no longer depends on SAPI4 or SAPI 5 to speak. This lite-weight, free, and open source synth supports over
twenty different languages, and is very responsive.

NVDA now comes packaged with an easy to use talking installer, which allows you to install NVDA on your computer with out sighted assistance or the use
of another screen reader. Once NVDA is installed, you can now run it both from the start menu, and by pressing control+alt+n. For users wishing to run
NVDA off a USB thumb drive or CD, you still of course have the option of downloading a portable zip file version.

To read about all the other changes, or to download a copy, visit the
Download section

I think this is a very impressive screen reader because the development is pretty quick and there are interesting features. Also, it works with a lot of programs. Go to the
NVDA website
and get your copy today!