To disable this navigation mode, right-click on the NVDA icon located in the notification area.

It is recommended to disable this option if you use NVDA to test accessibility on your pages. This mode is used by visually-impaired people who have difficulties reading the text displayed on the screen, for example. Configuration #Īt first startup, NVDA is configured to vocalize whatever the mouse pointer is over. Then just go to preferences to change NVDA voice settings. It is not mandatory, but you can download extra voices. The default voice is not very good but it is very reactive. Installation #ĭownload the NVDA installer on the official website. NVDA is a free screen reader available for Windows. It is directly integrated into the MacOS system. In trial mode, you can only use it for 40 minutes, but if you restart your computer you can use it again.

Jaws: commercial, available for Windows.

There are several screen readers, the most prevalent are: It allows the user to interact with the computer and listen to what is displayed as text (usually) on the screen.

A screen reader is a voice synthesis software used by the visually impaired and the blind.

The sound of an nvda screen reader