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May 18, 2026, 2:10:36 AM (7 days ago) May 18
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The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2026.1.1 is now available for download and testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2026.1.1 release. By installing the RC you will be opting into NVDA’s beta/RC channel, and will only receive update notifications for these builds. The beta/RC channel will always keep you up to date with the latest NVDA version. The last RC in a release cycle is identical to the final stable release. To return to the stable release channel, upgrade manually to the latest stable build.
Links- Download NVDA 2026.1.1rc1
- SHA256 sum: 8dfb5b0cfddae9411d2ecb200b0e2c784c084cac972d88ef07023e20725de0ff
- What’s new in this release of NVDA
- Please report any issues on GitHub.
This is a patch release to fix security issues. A bug fix is also included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in File Explorer. A change introduced in 2026.1 with how NVDA handles connection issues with Remote Access was removed.
Andrew Downie
May 18, 2026, 3:15:43 AM (7 days ago) May 18
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I am getting a 404 error when trying to download the RC.
Andrew
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jacob kruger
May 18, 2026, 4:05:47 AM (7 days ago) May 18
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Andrew, I am pretty sure that mail was sent out by mistake/repeating a prior mail since released version and not release candidate of 2026.1 has already been published:
https://www.nvaccess.org/download/
I am already running full version 2026.1,
FWIW.
Jacob Kruger
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Patrick Le Baudour
May 18, 2026, 5:28:05 AM (7 days ago) May 18
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Hi,
On 18/05/2026 10:05, jacob kruger wrote:
>
> Andrew, I am pretty sure that mail was sent out by mistake/repeating a
> prior mail since released version and not release candidate of 2026.1
> has already been published:
>
> Nope, there is an additional .1 - as the rest of the mail indicates,
> some bug corrections have been made.
the link was missing a character, it should be:
https://download.nvaccess.org/releases/2026.1.1rc1/nvda_2026.1.1rc1.exe
-- Patrick LB
On 18/05/2026 10:05, jacob kruger wrote:
>
> Andrew, I am pretty sure that mail was sent out by mistake/repeating a
> prior mail since released version and not release candidate of 2026.1
> has already been published:
>
> some bug corrections have been made.
the link was missing a character, it should be:
https://download.nvaccess.org/releases/2026.1.1rc1/nvda_2026.1.1rc1.exe
-- Patrick LB
Veli Laasala
May 18, 2026, 5:48:58 AM (7 days ago) May 18
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I'm on beta channel. NVDA beta versions starting from
beta-55826,047a6d53 (2026.2.0.55826) have a big big problem: 32-bit SAPI
5 speech engines are completely silent. Hope this is fixed prior the
release version is published.
Veli
NVDA Screen Reader Discussion kirjoitti 18.5.2026 klo 9:10:
> The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2026.1.1 is now available for
> download and testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and
> provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be
> identical to the final 2026.1.1 release. By installing the RC you will
> be opting into NVDA’s beta/RC channel, and will only receive update
> notifications for these builds. The beta/RC channel will always keep you
> up to date with the latest NVDA version. The last RC in a release cycle
> is identical to the final stable release. To return to the stable
> release channel, upgrade manually to the latest stable build <https://
> www.nvaccess.org/download/>.
>
> Links
>
> * Download NVDA 2026.1.1rc1 <https://download.nvaccess.org/
> releases/2026.1.1rc1/nvda_2026.1.1c1.exe>
> o SHA256 sum:
> 8dfb5b0cfddae9411d2ecb200b0e2c784c084cac972d88ef07023e20725de0ff
> * What’s new in this release of NVDA <https://download.nvaccess.org/
> releases/2026.1.1rc1/documentation/changes.html>
> * Please report any issues on GitHub <https://github.com/nvaccess/
> nvda/issues>.
> users+un...@nvaccess.org>.
> users/20c6e2d1-5901-4be2-a6d4-36bcc2d71447n%40nvaccess.org?
> utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
beta-55826,047a6d53 (2026.2.0.55826) have a big big problem: 32-bit SAPI
5 speech engines are completely silent. Hope this is fixed prior the
release version is published.
Veli
NVDA Screen Reader Discussion kirjoitti 18.5.2026 klo 9:10:
> The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2026.1.1 is now available for
> download and testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and
> provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be
> identical to the final 2026.1.1 release. By installing the RC you will
> be opting into NVDA’s beta/RC channel, and will only receive update
> notifications for these builds. The beta/RC channel will always keep you
> up to date with the latest NVDA version. The last RC in a release cycle
> is identical to the final stable release. To return to the stable
> www.nvaccess.org/download/>.
>
> Links
>
> * Download NVDA 2026.1.1rc1 <https://download.nvaccess.org/
> releases/2026.1.1rc1/nvda_2026.1.1c1.exe>
> o SHA256 sum:
> 8dfb5b0cfddae9411d2ecb200b0e2c784c084cac972d88ef07023e20725de0ff
> * What’s new in this release of NVDA <https://download.nvaccess.org/
> releases/2026.1.1rc1/documentation/changes.html>
> * Please report any issues on GitHub <https://github.com/nvaccess/
> nvda/issues>.
>
> Highlights
>
> This is a patch release to fix security issues. A bug fix is also
> included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in
> File Explorer. A change introduced in 2026.1 with how NVDA handles
> connection issues with Remote Access was removed.
>
> Highlights
>
> This is a patch release to fix security issues. A bug fix is also
> included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in
> File Explorer. A change introduced in 2026.1 with how NVDA handles
> connection issues with Remote Access was removed.
>
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Gene Asner
May 18, 2026, 8:14:49 AM (7 days ago) May 18
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The full production version has been released about a week ago. RCs
aren't released after the full production version. If any changes have
been made, the update should be to the production, not to the RC version.
Gene
aren't released after the full production version. If any changes have
been made, the update should be to the production, not to the RC version.
Gene
Quentin Christensen
May 18, 2026, 8:04:33 PM (6 days ago) May 18
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Hi everyone,
Our apologies - we initially missed a character in the URL in the release post. I fixed this within a short period, but in the meantime, the mail had gone out copying the original release post error. If you went to the post after the first few minutes, it should be fine.
The direct link is: https://download.nvaccess.org/releases/2026.1.1rc1/nvda_2026.1.1rc1.exe
Kind regards
Quentin
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Gene Asner
May 18, 2026, 8:26:51 PM (6 days ago) May 18
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But the full production version has already been released. After that
there should be no more RC releases.
I just checked to be sure I was correct. I asked the previous
production version of NVDA to check for updates and this is what was said:
NVDA Update NVDA version 2026.1 is available.
Gene
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there should be no more RC releases.
I just checked to be sure I was correct. I asked the previous
production version of NVDA to check for updates and this is what was said:
NVDA Update NVDA version 2026.1 is available.
Gene
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Quentin Christensen
May 18, 2026, 8:32:08 PM (6 days ago) May 18
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That's right Gene,
NVDA 2026.1 (stable) is out.
the current RC which we released yesterday is NVDA 2026.1.1 release candidate. From its highlights: "This is a patch release to fix security issues. A bug fix is also included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in File Explorer. A change introduced in 2026.1 with how NVDA handles connection issues with Remote Access was removed."
If you are on NVDA 2026.1 stable, you won't see an update until the final 2026.1.1 comes out.
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Gene Asner
May 18, 2026, 8:32:41 PM (6 days ago) May 18
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Also, I just checked for updates using the previous RC version and found
this:
NVDA Update NVDA version 2026.1.1rc1 is available.
When I first saw the update notice on the list yesterday, I thought an
error had been made since I never recall any RC release following an
update of the first production version of a new version.
Gene
this:
NVDA Update NVDA version 2026.1.1rc1 is available.
When I first saw the update notice on the list yesterday, I thought an
error had been made since I never recall any RC release following an
update of the first production version of a new version.
Gene
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