Winboard is a free Windows accessible Chess program that works automatically with the JAWS or the free NVDA screen reader. It is for the blind, low sighted or those who can not use a mouse.

It provides vocal announcements of position changes and other selectable board conditions. Blind players also use a separate "tactile chess board".

Winboard 4.5 has full keyboard access to move pieces and run menu items. Partial sighted players use high contrast mode and adjust board, piece, most font sizes and colors.

Available languages:

• English.
• German.
• Spanish.
• Italian.
• Dutch.
• And Russian.

Games may be viewed, modified or saved in standard PGN format. Two Chess engines supply play and grand master strength move analysis.

Connect to the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) and play humans. Modify verbosity in screen reader configurations and in the Winboard "Sound" dialog under the "General" menu. Find all documentation in the "doc" folder under the Winboard directory of your C drive.

Features :

1. Uses the JAWS and the free NVDA screen reader automatically.
2. Full keyboard access.
3. Connect to the free FICS chess server for play with others of all skill levels.
4. Pre-installed are the Fruit and variant chess capable Fairymax "chess engines" for play and move or whole game analysis. Any UCi or Winboard engine may be added with correct path information from within the program.
5. Save and load games and positions in standard chess PGN or FEN text file formats.
6. Adjustable board size, contrast and color for the low sighted.