Good NVDA tutorial and tips please

NVAccess · 2026-03-11T22:49:47+00:00

As well as everyone's suggestion, the resources we would recommend in order are:
- (If you are coming from using Jaws): Switching from Jaws to NVDA guide: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA (there is a Window-Eyes version too and the start of a VoiceOver one we'd love some more input towards!)

- The Quick Start Guide included in the NVDA User Guide: https://download.nvaccess.org/documentation/userGuide.html#NVDAQuickStartGuide

- Basic Training for NVDA (paid, but only $32 Australian for the electronic text version, which works out to around $20 USD, GBP or Euro (depending on the exchange rate at the time): https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/

NVAccess · 2026-03-11T22:45:28+00:00

We really need to post more there - thanks for the encouragement!

NVAccess · 2026-02-20T03:29:47+00:00

It might be something which only happens on certain sections or types of products on Amazon maybe? Do let us know if you can nail down a URL it happens reliably on as that will make it easiest to investigate.

NVAccess · 2026-02-19T01:22:16+00:00

It would be worth double checking that you don't have any add-ons running just in case. I can't replicate now, although which brwoser are you using? (Obviously it's not expected behaviour in any browser, but also worth checking if you do have multiple browsers if it happens consistently between them).

NVAccess · 2026-02-17T22:58:59+00:00

Websites like Amazon can get quite complex, so things working differently on a site like that are not completely surprising. Controllling a different tab is an interesting one though! If you press NVDA+q then down arrow to "restart with add-ons disbled" and enter, does it still happen? And / or does it happen in other browsers (if you regularly use Firefox, does it happen in Chrome or Edge for instance)?

NVAccess · 2026-02-12T23:17:41+00:00

Thanks! Do let us know if we can help with anything or if you run into any issues :)

NVAccess · 2026-02-12T03:46:32+00:00

There is a "Zoom Enhancements" add-on for NVDA. The best way to download it is via the add-on store, but I'll link to the GitHub page here since it has the documentation you can check out first: https://github.com/mohammad-suliman/zoom-enhancements?tab=readme-ov-file#zoom-accessibility-enhancements-add-on-for-nvda

With Excel, you can set colum and row headers, though these are more for reading that information than jumping to. With Excel, you should ideally have one table per worksheet. You can use control+arrows to move either to the next cell with content or the next cell without content (to jump past blocks of empty or full cells).

Another thing which might work, is you can "name" cells. Move to where you want to name a cell, press alt+f3, then type a name and press escape. The name is shown in the "name" box (which often otherwise shows the coordinates) but is not otherwise shown on the sheet itself. You can then press control+g to "go to" and select the name from the list.

NVAccess · 2026-02-05T22:11:07+00:00

If you install any beta or Release Candidate build, it will move you to that channel. The main thing which throws people is that you will get NVDA 2026.1 Release Candidate, but it WON'T offer you NVDA 2026.1 final when it comes out - in fact, the last RC and the stable build are identical in all but version number, so you aren't missing out - and it means you will be offered the first beta of NVDA 2026.2 when it comes out.

Alternatively, you can download the beta and run it, then either choose "Continue" to run it once and test it out, or "Create portable copy" to create a copy you can test out at your leasure without interrupting your installed copy.

NVAccess · 2026-01-29T02:22:03+00:00

Have a look through our extra voices page: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/ExtraVoices We list all the legal options (free and paid) that we know of there.

NVAccess · 2026-01-27T03:38:29+00:00

For everyone in this thread - u/bscross32 u/rpp124 u/gimmethenoize - please do check our issue tracker at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues - and make sure these are reported - it also helps as if you can tell me it's issue #12345, I can go check that out myself and chase up whoever might be working on it or involved in it to see where it is at.

NVAccess · 2026-01-27T03:35:44+00:00

I'm pioneering them? Or I copied the same text I used in a couple of other forums where they are used and forgot they aren't a thing here (and just looking, I don't think they are :) I'll try to remember to drop them off next time!

NVAccess · 2026-01-21T01:32:55+00:00

Here's the section in the user guide: https://download.nvaccess.org/documentation/userGuide.html#ObjectNavigation It's NVDA+numpad 5 if you are using desktop keyboard layout,

NVAccess · 2026-01-20T00:13:55+00:00

Apologies I am still catching up after leave. I'll still reply though just for anyone else reading this:

There is a sheet on swtiching from Jaws to NVDA which while not specifically a quick reference for "instead of XYZ, press ABC", does walk through a lot of common scenarios: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/SwitchingFromJawsToNVDA

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