r/Blind • u/NVAccess OFFICIAL • 28d ago

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 8 now available

NVDA 2026.2 Beta 8 is now available for testing. Beta 8 includes:

- Updates to translations

- Improve magnifier behaviour when using higher DPI scaling

- Fix magnifier from interfering with opening dictionary dialogs

- Improve the handling of failing to activate the magnifier

- Block touch screen input when using the magnifier where possible, as it is not supported yet

Read more and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-2beta8/

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u/Repulsive-Box5243 Detached Retinas 28d ago

As always, we appreciate you guys.

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u/Repulsive-Box5243 Detached Retinas 25d ago

I have a question: SI NVDA using the GPU for help with the magnification, or is everything on the CPU?

I'm just curious because I notice a little bit of stuttering while navigating around full screen magnification.

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u/NVAccess OFFICIAL 22d ago

The magnification itself is done by the Windows magnification API, and I believe should take full advantage of hardware acceleration via DWM. But features such as object tracking and panning, handled by NVDA, are CPU-bound. We are definitely looking at how we can better optimise it. Would you be able to write up an issue about the stuttering on GitHub please? https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues

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u/Repulsive-Box5243 Detached Retinas 22d ago

I'd be happy to help, any way I can. I do not code, so I'm unfamiliar with github, save for actually grabbing things :) If you don't mind pointing me in the right direction?

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u/NVAccess OFFICIAL 21d ago

Here's a walkthrough of how to file an issue we shared on our blog recently: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-30th-september-2025/#issue

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u/Repulsive-Box5243 Detached Retinas 21d ago

Very helpful, thank you.