A guide for moving from Jaws to NVDA

Below, you will find several sections with information to help ease the transition from Jaws to NVDA.

Each section has it’s own heading, and there is a table Of keyboard command comparisons between the two screen readers.

Web pages with overall guides for making the transition

Accessibility Central: Migrating from other screen readers to NVDA

This page is a great overall guide for making the transition, including information on the latest NVDA version changes.

Tips for making the switch

To get to the settings for NVDA, the keyboard command is NVDA N, this will allow you to change settings, view help files, and check for updates.

Keyboard command comparison between Jaws and NVDA

Command	Jaws keys	NVDA keys	Notes
Find a word in document	Control F	NVDA Control f	This can be changed to control f if you like from the NVDA input gestures settings
Switch cursor types	Jaws z	NVDA space	Jaws calls this virtual cursor, with NVDA you switch between browse to focus cursor