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We've compiled a list of 11 free and paid alternatives to NVDA. The primary competitors include Orca Screen Reader, Kurzweil. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between NVDA and Supernova screen reader, Microsoft Narrator, Window-Eyes. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.


Orca Screen Reader
Free Open Source

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Google's screen reader which is built-in to many phones.

Thunder is an award-winning free screenreader talking software for people with little or no sight.

VoiceOver is a revolutionary built-in screen reader that’s more than a text-to-speech tool.

A fast, functional free screen reader

NVDA Platforms

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NVDA Overview

NVDA allows blind and vision impaired people to access and interact with the Windows operating system and many third party applications.

Major highlights include:
* Support for popular applications including web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, email clients, internet chat software, music players, and office programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel
* Built-in speech synthesizer supporting over 50 languages, plus support for many other 3rd party voices
* Reporting of textual formatting where available such as font name and size, style and spelling errors
* Automatic announcement of text under the mouse and optional audible indication of the mouse position
* Support for many refreshable braille displays, including input of Braille via braille displays that have a braille keyboard
* Ability to run entirely from a USB flash drive or other portable media without the need for installation
* Easy to use talking installer
* Translated into more than 50 languages
* Support for modern Windows Operating Systems including both 32 and 64 bit variants
* Ability to run on Windows logon and other secure screens
* Announcing controls and text while interacting with gestures on touch screens

NVDA Features

tick-square Applescript
tick-square Accessibility
tick-square Portable

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