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NVDA 2026.1 Beta 6 is now available!

PLUS, bonus In-Process blog!

So, head over to https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-10th-march-2026/ and you can read all about all the news. As well as the new Beta, there is also news on Sight City, and a discussion around using AI in add-on development.

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As NVDA is used globally, we consider opportunities to attend conferences in different locations to connect with our diverse community of NVDA users & the wider assistive technology community. NV Access are excited to share that we will be at Sight City in Germany in May! We're keen to meet NVDA users & like-minded organisations in person in Europe. This does mean that we won't be attending CSUN this year. We will share updates on what is new with NVDA & our roadmap via our usual channels

Our latest In-Process blog post is out and it's a big one!

- NVDA 2025.3.3
- Restarting after updating
- Where do you get your info?
- #NVDA20
- Thank you Germany!
- NVDA 2026.1 Beta 4
- One week with NVDA

All that and more right here: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-27th-february-2026/

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NVDA 2026.1 Beta 4 is available for testing for anyone interested in trying out the next version of NVDA before it is released!

Changes:

- Fixed a rate issue in eSpeak NG
- Fixed changing MathCAT settings
- “Use NVDA during sign-in” is no-longer checked by default in a fresh install
- Warning is given when creating a portable copy if it will downgrade an existing portable copy.
- Updates to translations.

Full details & download: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1beta4/

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NVDA 2026.1 Beta 3 is now available! This includes:

- Fixed an occasional freeze with SAPI 4 and 32-bit SAPI 5 synths.
- Fixed an issue which would cause NVDA to remain silent if eSpeak NG was set as the default synthesizer and failed to load when NVDA started.
- Updates to translations.

Read more & Download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-1beta3/

The fix from 2025.3.3 is also in here (actually was in Beta 2)

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NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2025.3.3 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version.

This is a patch release to fix a security issue.

Full details and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-3-3/

(For those on the 2026.1 Beta, a new beta incorporating this patch will be available soon).

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