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Tagged with jaws-screen-reader screen-readers
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Do screen readers understand HTML escape characters (like " for double quotes)?
I'm updating a aria-label value method that's currently escaping the value to be safely used in a HTML element attribute.
So it would convert <span> abc" to <span> abc"...
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There should be only one H1 heading on a single page
I was told by the accessibility team that there should be only one H1 on a single page.
Ref on the internet: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Heading_Elements#...
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How to make screen reader read the Live-region text first and input button label after
I've added a button which have aria-label attribute set and an event listener is added to that button.
<button onClick: toggleFavourite(),
aria-label = "favourite button label">...
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In browse mode nvda is reading whole information present in the section
.ProfileSubHeadTitleLinkStyle-181 {
display: flex;
margin-top: 36px;
margin-right: 20px;
margin-bottom: 24px;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.ProfileSubHeadTitleStyle-182 {
font-size: ...
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How to best format thumbnails for accessibility?
I am frequently tasked with displaying a grid of thumbnails for work, such as on a posts/articles page, with each thumbnail linking to a separate post/article, but I have never really been sure of the ...
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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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How to make screen reader announce text when app is not active?
I have an app that is running in the background not focused.
The user might be using some other applications, and based on certain events in my app, I want the screen reader to announce the text based ...
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My screen reader is not reading content inside the div tag with role button
<div role="button" aria-label="Open" tabindex="0">
<span title="open file">go to file</span>
</div>
My screen reader is reading ...
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How to read data in highcharts using screenreaders (NVDA)
I am using NVDA to check the accessibility of highcharts and the screen reader does not read the contents inside the highcharts. I cannot use the tab or arrow keys to go to the next value and read the ...
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Accessibility and complex HTML forms: How to use headings between form controls?
A client needs to create quite a complex form. We use <fieldset>/<legend> to group certain elements together. But it's not enough - even if we nest them.
Think about the following:
<...
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JAWS scrollable content issue
I'm working on building a accessible website in which we have a web page where upper half part of web page is taken by an image and lower half part of website is a scrollable region where we can ...
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How to make screen readers read the current page content instead of reading out everything?
The screen reader reads everything from top to bottom. I have a flex navigation bar and want the screen reader to only read the selected page and avoid rest of the navigation bar content.
I want the ...
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Are column headers essential in an accessible role="grid" setup?
goal: accessibility
target screen readers: JAWS and NVDA
I am adding role="grid" to a list of items. Each row in the grid contains some grid cells representing the item name, description, ...
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JAWS 2022 does not read chrome web page upon launch
I am using JAWS 2022 to check accessibility of web pages on chrome. Once I launch the JAWS 2022 software , I am able to read webpages on IE but for some reason JAWS is not reading out chrome web page ...
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How to add accessibility icon to screen reader like JAWS, Voice over and Talkback?
I get an assignment that want me to update the privacy page content. there is a heart icon on one of the key values in the content json file. this needs to be read by all the screen reader ...
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