Assistive Product NVDA Open-Source-Screenreader

Product Type:

Screenreader

Areas of Application:

  • Blindness
  • Visually impaired

Description:

The NVDA screen reader converts screen content into speech or displays it on a Braille display. Blind and many visually impaired people cannot perceive the content of the visual user interface (GUI). They therefore need a bridge that converts the content of the GUI into a form that they can use - this is what the screen reader does. NVDA is an open source screen reader for Windows and is available free of charge. NVDA is portable - this means that the blind person can put their screen reader on a USB stick or CD-ROM, take it to an Internet café and simply surf the web.

Features / Components:

  • Supports popular programs such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, email clients, Internet chat software and Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • The built-in speech synthesis supports more than 50 languages, and voices from other providers are also supported.
  • Output of text formatting such as size and font
  • Automatic reading aloud of text under the mouse pointer and indication of the mouse position.
  • Supports all common Braille output devices.
  • Can be started from USB stick without installation.
  • Easy to use talking installation program.
  • Supports Windows logon screen and other screen contents for authentication.
  • Supports touch screens Supports touch screens.

Price (without guarantee):

The product is open source and available free of charge.

Product Information from the Manufacturer / Distributor:

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Please contact the manufacturer or distributor.

Manufacturer:

NV Access
4067 St Lucia South
Australia Telephone: +61 7 31493306 Email: info@nvaccess.org Homepage: https://www.nvaccess.org

Distributor:

Blinden Hilfsmittel Vertrieb Dresden (BHVD)
Tannenstr. 2
01099 Dresden
Germany Telephone: 0351 4045775 Email: info@bhvd.de Homepage: https://www.bhvd.de/

Technical Data:

Operating system: All 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions from Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
Processor: 1 ghz or higher
RAM: 256 MB or more
Memory: 90 MB

ICF Items

Reference Number:

Hil132880


Source :

DIAS


Last Update: 7 Nov 2024