Getting Started

[Ricky] Hi, my name is Ricky Enger and today we're gonna talk about the NVDA screen reader. We'll learn a little about what it is and what it does, and we'll take our first steps to getting it working the way we want.

NVDA works with Microsoft Windows. So if you're using something else like a phone or a Mac computer check out our other technology workshops to find out what you need to know for the device you're using.

Okay, so before we talk about how our NVDA screen Reader works, we should know what it is and what it's for, right? Well, NVDA is a program we can install on our computer that will speak what's on our screen.

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