If you have reported a bug to us, we may also ask you to try out an alpha build which contains a fix for the issue. We have dedicated users who regularly test alpha builds, and anyone is welcome to try them out. This helps ensure it is stable, does what it should, and doesn’t cause any unwanted side effects. Code is generally in alpha for at least a couple of weeks to test. This includes the latest code which aiming for inclusion in the next version of NVDA. A few times a week, sometimes several times a day, a new “Alpha” build comes out. We have four main types of NVDA builds: Alpha, Beta, RC, and Stable.īoth NV Access, and our amazing community contributors constantly work on new features and fixes for NVDA. So the new beta is out… But just what IS a beta version of NVDA anyway? There are many bug fixes, particularly for braille, Microsoft Office, web browsers and Windows 11.ĮSpeak-NG, LibLouis braille translator, and Unicode CLDR have been updated. Navigating and reporting formatting in Microsoft Office is improved.

There are also new input gestures for OCR and flattened object navigation. There are new braille features, commands, and display support. You can now manually override incompatibility issues with outdated add-ons at your own risk. In the Add-on Store you can browse, search, install and update community add-ons. This release introduces the Add-on Store to replace the Add-ons Manager. The big news this week is that Beta 1 of NVDA 2023.2 is out! NVDA 2023.2 is a huge update with lots of new features and updates.

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