Questions tagged [jaws-screen-reader]
JAWS is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows.
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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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Using aria-describedby and a screenreader-only element, not read out by some screenreaders
I am attempting to give screenreader users some additional information about a list of links and what they represent.
Rather than putting an aria-label on a <ul>, which I understand is ...
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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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JAWS screen reader breaking keyboard navigation in select list
We are using a component that creates a drop down select that ends up looking like this.
With the JAWS software closed keyboard navigation works perfectly well to move between the items in the search ...
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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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NVDA and JAWS screen reader is announcing unwanted text when readmore button is activated
NVDA-FF and JAWS-Chrome>, when read more element is activated while traversing through tab navigation then screen reader announces the unnecessary information along with the updated content. When ...
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Jaws Chrome - on tab focus on button announcing lot other information
When we do tab focus on edit button, it is announcing lot other information including job title, description and aria-label of others button that are check and cross and other issue when we focus on &...
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In JAWS while closing the accordion jaws focus is going to next item
JAWS and chrome> while collapsing the element, the focus is being shifted to the next element instead of having it on the same element.
Steps to reproduce the issue:
tab to first element and ...
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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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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>
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My screen reader is reading ...
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How to make JAWS not read an anchor tag as link but as button
I have a requirement where I have an anchor tag in my HTML page.
<a aria-label="Back Button" class="secondary-button btn-font" title="Back" ngClass="btn-font"...
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Screen reader not reading the text based on radio button changes
I have two different captions (say Caption A and Caption B) for a single table that display based on the selection of the radio buttons. My screen reader is reading the default caption 'Caption A', ...
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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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