Questions tagged [jaws-screen-reader]
JAWS is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows.
jaws-screen-reader
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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.
Its ...
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Footer in the PDF created using iTextPDF is not accessible
I have created a simple PDF here to explain the issue I am facing
import com.itextpdf.io.font.FontConstants;
import com.itextpdf.io.image.ImageDataFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.events....
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JAWS - Avoid same page link announcement
I am using anchor tag with href="#dashboard" in Jaws and Chrome it is announcing "Dashboard same page link", but I want to avoid "same page link" announcement here ...
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What determines where the focus goes back to when clicking on a browser's back button?
As far as I can tell, it is in part determined by the HTML spec's History API1, specifically the value of history.scrollRestoration. Quoting the HTML spec's scroll restoration mode paragraph:
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JAWS doesn't announce role="region"
I just installed JAWS ( version 2024.3 for Windows 10 )
I tested the WCAG recommended audio player called AblePlayer
The HTML for this player uses role="region" aria-label="audio player&...
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JAWS screen reader is reading an aria-label twice
I'm facing an issue with the JAWS reader where it is reading the column value twice.
JAWS screen reader is reading twice aria-label="High Priority Reminder Subject Reminder Message Attachments ...
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How do I get JAWS to connect cells to headers in a Word/PDF document?
I am currently testing out a PDF document that has 8 columns and 2 rows, where the top row is the header row, and the second row is the main data connected to the top row. I need to to connect the ...
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JAWS reading disabled span element
I am working with Angular js code which will enable a radio button dynamically in a span.
`<span data-ng-if="(!object.enabled || (form && !form.enabled))" class="rf-...
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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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JAWS screen reader does not read headings/paragraph text in vscode webview
I'm building a vscode extension which has multiple webviews that are expected to be accessible with JAWS screen reader. While JAWS correctly reads the information of tab-able controls in the UI along ...
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JAWS is not reading list inside role="textbox" aria-readonly="true"
I am using JAWS v2023.2212.23
I have a div container inside that we have paragraph and lists. My requirement is that when I focus on my div container jaws should read the entire block.
With ...
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No dialog role is announced by JAWS screen reader when dialog is appear in the screen
I have created a dialog component in react using MUI library. I am working on WCAG 2.0 integration and testing the component in Chrome + JAWS.
No role "dialog" is announced by the screen ...
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Bootstrap model Header Text Repeated Several Times While Focusing in a Custom MultiSelect Component in JAWS
The custom MultiSelect dropdown component is placed inside a Bootstrap modal. If the MultiSelect component is focused, JAWS reads the Bootstrap modal header each time the user selects a value. The ...
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Blue accessibility frame around elements in Slack after using JAWS screen reared
I had a screen reader JAWS installed for some time, then I properly uninstalled it from the All Apps setting in Windows.
After that when Grammarly (text corrector) is launched, there's a blue box ...
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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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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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JAWS is not announcing Button state collapsed /expanded for a menu button when aria-haspopup="menu"
I have a menu button like this
<app-my-buton [matMenuTriggerFor]="menu" tabindex="0" role="button" aria-label="Open Content"></app-my-buton>
but ...
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JAWS not reading the screen automatically after windows is launched
I am using JAWS 2023, JAWS is not reading the contents of the webpage when I launch the application, I know we can use sayAll command but as per my requirement JAWS has to read the contents on webpage ...
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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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I am using NVDA and its reading the close button multiple times ,but in jaws its reading perfectly
This is the code for that close button which is part of the modal pop up...
<h2 class="sc-ejdXBC byjYiM MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h6 sc-EoWXQ kOYWJk MuiDialogTitle-root" id="...
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Difference data-ng-attr-style vs ng-style
Using JAWS I am not able to navigate into the tree view when I am using the attribute data-ng-attr-style but the navigation is working fine when ng-style is used.
Currently using
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How should a screen reader read a website?
I'm doing an accessibility analysis of a site, and for the first time I'm using a screen reader (jaws) to verify that the site is readable. What I don't understand is whether the site is actually good....
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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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Accessibility narrator reading the model class name instead of grid content of WPF application
In my WPF application, there is a grid view with three columns as Name, City, and Country. Please see the model class:
public class Employee
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string ...
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Jaws is reading input field of above fieldgroup
<div class="ms-Panel-content content-410">
<div class="panelSubheadingStyle-396">
We recommend you keep only one phone number and one address in your profile
for easy ...
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focus not going to listitems in browse mode nvda
similar thing happening here with this code. Browse mode focus not going to list items.
{<ul style="
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
"><li class="...
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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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NVDA reads the first letter of the word, then the word from the autocomplete dropdown list
I am working on .NET MVC project and I have problem with NVDA and JAWS reader on the dropdown list. It is the dropdown autocomplete list, and when I am navigating with the keyboard, it was reading ...
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