How to Set up and Use NVDA to read a Website for Accessibility Testing

Missouri State Web developer, Kyle Borah walks us through how to install and use the screen reader, NVDA. The demonstration includes how to use NVDA to read a web page to test for accessibility. Kyle Borah is a web developer (Dev) in the State of Missouri. He works with the department of higher education at the office of administration -ITSD. He is blind and can't see the computer screen. He does have some vision to tell if the screen is lit up but, can't read any text or images, so he uses a program called a screen reader, which voices everything. He also uses a Braille display with a keyboard that is a one-line text output combination. For this session, he will be using NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Below are mentioned resources: NVDA: nvaccess.org/ JAWS: www.freedomscientific.com/ VoiceOver MacOS: support.apple.com/guide/voiceover/welcome/mac VoiceOver iOS: support.apple.com/guide/iphone/turn-on-and-practic… TalkBack: support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/62… Demo Page: www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/AU/after.html Testing Resource 1: webaim.org/articles/nvda/ Testing Resource 2: www.unimelb.edu.au/accessibility/tools/testing-web…

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