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What Is NVDA?

• Provides feedback by synthetic speech & Braille
• Created in mid 2006 and supported by NV Access since 2007
• Rapidly gained popularity and respect from 2007
• Enables blind users to access a PC at same cost as sighted peers
• A viable alternative to commercial screen readers
• Outperforms some commercial offerings in some areas
• Development has been supported by numerous grants
• Current release version: 2009.1 - recommended for most users
• Experimental development builds are also available