This app has been released: https://portableapps.com/apps/accessibility/nvda-portable
Application: NVDA
Category: Accessibility
Licence: Open Source (source code)
Description: (from website) NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille, it enables blind or vision impaired people to access computers running Windows for no more cost than a sighted person. Major features include support for over 35 languages and the ability to run entirely from a USB drive with no installation.
Download NVDA Portable 2014.3 Development Test 1 [16.6MB download / 71.1MB installed]
(MD5: 1d28d9ea97e8654a3efcfad22efa6a52)
Release Notes:
2014.3 Development Test 1 (2014-10-24):
- Base app updated
2012.3.1 Development Test 1 (2013-04-24): Initial release
Please Note: NVDA Portable is still affected by the issues described here. As such it can't be considered 100% portable, but it is here for those who want it.
I am not so great at keeping it up to date, but if you drop me a message (here in this thread, or any of the ways to contact me via my website are also good) then I will update to the latest official, stable releases (no rc versions) as soon as I can.
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I've updated to 2014.3.
I haven't thoroughly tested (have only tested that it works, and changes to settings are remembered) so if anything is wrong that I can fix, please let me know.
Unfortunately NVDA Portable is still affected by the unreleased DLL issue, so still can't be considered truly portable.
I think I've come up with a solution for the locked DLLs that will be good enough to get it released. I rebuilt the app with the current PA.c Template and wrote custom code to handle it. I've posted it here: https://portableapps.com/node/64196
Ken, I'd be happy to have you maintain this if you think this is release-worthy.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I'll be traveling for the next few days but will check it out when I am back home.
Have you had a chance to check it out yet? I'd like to get this out for folks to use. Thanks!
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Sorry, has been a crazy couple of months. Thanks for releasing it, I will check it as soon as I can.
No worries, Ken. It's better than the existing package from the publisher. If we can refine it even further, that'd be cool, too.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!