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JAWS Accessibility issue : aria-label attribute for option tag is not working

<label for="cars">Choose a car:</label> <select name="cars" id="cars"> <option aria-label="volvo" role="option">Vo</...
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Incorrect form fields in internet explorer

I use inputs in data table for search by column value in "columnheader" and custom actions(a or button with script) in "gridcell". The main problem is JAWS's "Select form fields"(Insert + F5) all ...
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IE11 JAWS accessibility issue with role alert

role alert is read by JAWS 2020.2001.70 in chrome, firefox but its not reading in Microsoft IE11 and Edge. The same is also working with mac voiceover in chrome and firefox. We need to write "show" ...
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Role="alert" in IE while using JAWS

I'm using JAWS to make our application accessible. We have a lot of modals and popups. I've used role="alert", along with aria-live = "assertive", aria-modal="true" with moderate success. It works ...
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aria labelledby on Internet Explorer

I am working on making my website accessible and have added aria-labelledby for controls. same works on Chrome properly, however does not seem to work on IE 11. Is there a setting that can make it ...
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Compatibility issue with IE 11 and JAWS for role="presentation" while trying to read tables?

I have multiple tables where I am trying to read the rows together. Here is an example table: <table class="data-table" role="presentation"> <tr role="rowgroup"> <td role="...
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JAWS screen reader continues reading other elements after tabbing to first element on page

I am building an Angular application and are having some issues with accessibility support for Jaws in IE 11. My page looks similar to this: <div id="start-tabbing-from-here" aria-label="Press ...
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Jaws Screen Reader Cross Browser Inconsistency

So I have been trying to add proper aria tagging and html to some custom checkboxes and toggles, but found that they are not being read properly in JAWS on IE but they read fine on JAWS with chrome. ...
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Jaws screen reader IE 11 select tag issue

I have some issues with IE 11 and Jaws. Please take a look at the example below. Simplified code example: <input type="text" /> <span role="alert" aria-live="assertive" id="err"></...
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JAWS reads removal of DOM node within an `aria-live` region only in IE

The live region is: <div aria-live='assertive' id='abc'> </div> In JavaScript, the first change I make is to document.getElementById("abc").innerHTML="<span>Processing</span&...
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JAWS doesn't read dynamic content. IE11

I have a search form. When user submits form, ajax request is sent to the server. When the response comes, I update found items count value, but JAWS reads previous items count value. To get JAWS read ...
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JAWS screen reader misreads confirm dialog message. IE11

I have a confirm dialog and I want to make it accessible. Here is my HTML: <div class="confirm-dialog row-fluid"> <div class="content" role="dialog" tabindex="0" aria-labelledby="confirm-...
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