NVDA version 2020.3 released, bringing new braille tables, stability improvements, new browser content reporting, and more
On October 13, version 2020.3 of the free NVDA screen reader was released. Keep reading to find out all about the new features.
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new features
- Turn off the reporting of graphics in the document formatting settings of NVDA. Note that the alt-text of images is still reported, but image/graphic are not announced.
- With the new keystroke NVDA+control+alt+t, you can now toggle nvda touch screen support.
- Support for German braille translation tables have been added.
- Read-only text controls are now detected by NVDA.
- Highlighted content in text and web browsers is now reported in both speech and braille. It can be toggled in the document formatting section of NVDA settings.
- It is now possible to add a gesture to emulate any command in braille by going to NVDA>Settings>Input Gestures>emulate system keys. With emulate system keys focused, tab to add and press it. Then press the key you wish to emulate. Then arrow down until the new command is focused and tab to add. Press the braille key(s) which you wish to set as the new command.
- Handy Tech Active Braille with joystick is now supported.
- "Automatic focus mode for caret movement" setting is now compatible with disabling "Automatically set focus to focusable elements".
changes
- NVDA +f previously reported formatting at the review cursor position and now reports formatting at the system carrot. Use NVDA+shift+f to report formatting at the review cursor position. This information is now also displayed larger visually.
- Focus no longer jumps to focusable elements in browse mode.
- ESpeak has been updated.
- You can now use table navigation in list boxes with checkable list items when the list has multiple columns.
- When in the prompt to remove addons, no is now the default selected option.
- In Microsoft Excel, the Elements List dialog now presents formulas in their localized form.
- Notes are properly reported as such in Microsoft Excel.
- When using the "move review cursor to focus" command in browse mode, the review cursor is now set at the position of the virtual caret.
You can read more, including the bug fixes in this version of NVDA, here.
Source: What's New in NVDACategory: News
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