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NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free, open source, portable screen reader for Microsoft Windows. The project was begun by Michael Curran in 2006. The current version is 2010.2 (see release notes at http://www.nvda-project.org/blog/NVDA2010.…

Screen readers are a form of assistive technology.

Contemporary screen readers

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A refreshable Braille display or Braille terminal is an electro-mechanical device for displaying Braille characters, usually by means of raising dots through holes in a flat surface. Blind computer users, who cannot use a normal computer monitor, use it to read text output. Speech synthesizers are also commonly used for the same task, and a blind user may switch between the two systems or use both at the same time depending on circumstances.

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Doplphin have just released version 11 of their Screen Reader and Magnification software suites (SuperNova, Hal, Lunar and Lunar Plus).  I haven't had a chance to look at it myself yet. However here's a what caught my eye in the new version

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QAC's Sight Village is happening this week - 14-16, July. It's in Birmingham as usual, but in a new venue this year. It'll be interesting to see what this new one is like, since I know the previous met with mixecd views from both visitors and exhibitors. I have to say I was always a bit dubious about it being a Masonic place, but maybe that's just my bias. Anyway, if you don't know about Sight Village, it's the biggest exhibition for visual impairment in the UK. (Actually, the organisers say it …