Download Rehnuma Awaz

The Rehnuma Awaz NVDA add-on has been rebuilt from the ground up for faster speech, clearer Urdu pronunciation, and smooth switching between Urdu and English.

• Clearer Urdu reading: an expanded 18,000+ word dictionary, natural phrasing for long sentences, and improved handling of numbers, dates, punctuation, and Quranic symbols. Short English phrases can now be read directly by the Urdu voice.
• Character and symbol processing: support for all Urdu characters while typing or moving character by character, and the Rehnuma Symbols dictionary to help you control symbol announcements via NVDA’s symbol level.
• Faster performance: speech starts up to 40% sooner, uses half the CPU power, and eliminates audio crackling and cut-offs at high speeds.
• Seamless audio switching: Urdu and English share a single audio stream to eliminate gaps and overlapping. Fully compatible with third-party auto-switchers like Multilang.
• Flexible voice options: choose from multiple Urdu and English voices, or pair Rehnuma Awaz with other NVDA synthesizers (e.g. Windows OneCore, IBMTTS, eSpeak NG) without third-party switchers.
• New Voice Manager: download, preview, update, and manage voices from NVDA’s Tools menu (NVDA+Shift+Alt+R).
• Rehnuma settings panel: adjust sentence and comma pause durations, voice rhythm, and choose whether numbers are read in Urdu, English, or the surrounding language.
• Urdu sentence navigation: extended NVDA’s sentence navigation for Microsoft Word to support Urdu sentences as well.
• Auto-updates: built-in checks keep the add-on up to date without deleting downloaded voices.
• Comprehensive documentation: detailed user guides in both Urdu and English, available from NVDA’s Help menu.

• Improved number reading for more accurate and natural pronunciation.
• Enhanced the voice download page with better accessibility and easier navigation.

Release notes

• Read punctuation is now a selection screen with four levels: None, Some, Most, and All (replacing the on/off switch).
• Number processing is now a selection screen with: Full for all digits, Full for pairs only (below 99), Full for triplets only (below 999), and Individual for all digits.
• Time announcement is now a selection screen with: English, Urdu full (natural phrasing with period of day), and Urdu short (e.g. 2:30 → “دو تیس”).
• Other settings: a new screen for audio ducking, enable logging, and share crash report (moved out of the main screen and Technical Details).
• Speech settings (Urdu and English): a “Jump by 5” toggle so sliders move in steps of 5 for easier navigation with TalkBack; off keeps 1-step movement. Removed the number above each slider (TalkBack already announces the value when the slider is focused).
• Accessibility and reliability: the Time Announcement, Read Punctuation, and Number Processing screens now announce the correct screen title in TalkBack (not “Voice Selection”).
• Voice profile selection no longer shows a false “Failed” message when the voice was saved successfully.
• Branding: replaced the Tech Destination and old MoITT partner logos with the Ministry of IT & Telecom logo on the main and About screens.
• Default voice improved.

• iOS 27 compatibility: improved compatibility with iOS 27.
• Urdu auto-switching: fixed an issue affecting automatic language switching when reading Urdu text.

• iOS 27 compatibility: improved compatibility with iOS 27.
• Urdu auto-switching: fixed an issue affecting automatic language switching when reading Urdu text.