I do believe however that everyone, including those living in third world countries, those who are on a low income, etc, should have a right to access information, just like our sighted peers. I do not believe NVDA is strictly a web screen reader. It may well be that NVDA’s excellent web capability will transcend any difficulties with propriatary desktop product support. The line between desktop and web, online and offline, is blurring all the time. Thinking about it at a higher level, the question of desktop support may become a moot point. As screen reader users become more accustomed to free and/or open alternatives, it’s likely more of us will turn to using them as well. Many organisations are now turning to free and/or open solutions,many of which are web based. Where as NVDA has always fitted more elegantly into the open technology space. In part I think this is because Microsoft applications are still the de facto standard within most organisations, and the popular choice amongst most screen reader users. In my experience, it isn’t always quite as graceful as the experience of using it on the web, but you can get things done.

NVDA has good support for many desktop applications.

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