Hey /r/Linux!

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I am blind, and I have been since 2021. I have grown very accustomed to using NVDA on Windows, which is a free open source screen reader. It's great, and I have gotten used to navigation on an OS with a screen reader fairly well.

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The thing is, I'm planning on getting a full AMD PC build pretty soon, because I want to downsize, and get something cheaper with less power draw since I can't really utilize my gaming PC anymore. I was thinking about switching off of Windows as a result, and going with a far more lightweight operating system both for stability, but also because fuck Windows.

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So my question is, does Linux have good support for screen reading software? I don't think NVDA is available on Linux unfortunately, so I won't be able to use it there, albeit I would be able to virtualize Windwos and use it on a virtual machine, that doesn' tnecessarily help me with using my actual OS, which would be Linux. I'm probably thinking Kubuntu, beacuse I really liked it before when I trialed it.

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What do you guys think?

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THanks!