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No impression of many keystrokes jaws accessibility
I have event listener for keydown and i want to check for arrowup and arrowdown press key event. However when jaws is on, these keys are ignored. Only few key worked like ctrl, alt, tab etc.
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JAWS 2024 Need to remove word "region" while getting region names
I am working in JAWS 2024, I have created documents regions with name "Question" and "Exhibit". While using shortcut key (insert+alt+r) it is showing the name like "Question ...
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JAWS announces document after tabbing to the next element after an iframe
Currently working on a web application that uses an iFrame.
Once i navigate to the next element after the iFrame, which is a button, has type=“button”, and the word ‘Cancel’ in it, JAWS announces ‘...
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Trap ARROW KEY navigation on modal using Screen Readers
I'm dealing with an issue trying to trap the navigation inside a modal using TAB/ARROW keys.
Was using a function like this to avoid the keys action to being triggered:
component....
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Keyboard navigation in custom drop down without using javascript
I have an angular app in which there is a component that has div style as button and clicking it open or close another list of div.
I need to make this app accessible. I can handle enter with angular (...
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JAWS repeating description when pressing keys to type
I'm trying to fix an issue with JAWS 2023, when I hit some key in these textboxes it announces like this:
if I type "P" on the textbox, it's announced as "P username P" or "P ...
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Keyboard selection doesn't generate range object
I am currently trying to create an annotation tool that is also usable for blind users with a screen reader like JAWS. My tool is web-based so I can manipulate the DOM with JavaScript. The user is ...
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How to make a div element navigable by arrow keys when using JAWS
I would like to make a div element navigable by arrow keys when JAWS is running. The div should not be navigable using the TAB key; so using tabindex is not applicable.
Here is an example snippet of ...
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Push JAWS to read updated title or text
I need to push JAWS screen reader to pronounce a new page title that gets updated in let's say 10 seconds.
Unfortunately, the issue doesn't look that trivial.
It looks like setting title dynamically ...
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JAWS reading document title multiple times on Edge
JAWS is reading document title multiple times on Edge. On Chrome it's working fine.
I added react-helmet node package in my project and JAWS is reading the title multiple times on Edge.
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My Title
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How to identify from where it got trigger
I have two trigger point one is edit icon and other is add save button . on click on edit iocn and save button one model get open . model is same for both .
I want to make back focus on click on (x) ...
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How do you get JAWs to stop reading keystrokes?
I'm trying to add aria-labels to a webpage I'm making. I have an app listening for when a KeyCode is sent when you plug in headphones into an Audio Nav keyboard to traverse the webpage. I currently ...
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expanded and collapsed not read in jaws+chrome for a accordian button but working fine in nvda+firefox
<div class="ph-accordian-section ph-section-control" role="listitem">
<button aria-label="" aria-expanded="false" key-aria-label="accFaq1AriaLabelText"
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Why do NVDA and JAWS intercept Enter key on checkboxes (to toggle them, instead of submitting form)?
I'm used to pressing Enter inside any form control (except <textarea>) to submit the form. This even works on checkboxes.
When running NVDA or JAWS though, they both intercept Enter when ...
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JAWS not reading dropdown list items created using unordered list when using SelectBoxIt js
I have below dropdown list code which is generated using selectboxit js lib. JAWS is not reading the items in select list when focus in on the items. I have tried adding aria-label and title ...
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