Questions tagged [jaws-screen-reader]
JAWS is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows.
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Prevent background items from receiving focus while modal overlay is covering them?
I am working on making an overlay modal more accessible. It works essentially like this JSFiddle. When you open the modal, the focus doesn't properly go into the modal, and it continues to focus on ...
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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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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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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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How do I make screen readers read my WPF message similarly to how they read Win32 MessageBox?
We have a WPF desktop application which needs to show some custom message windows. I am having trouble getting them to be read aloud properly by screen readers such as JAWS from Freedom Scientific.
I ...
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How to prevent Tooltip content reading in JAWS reader
I am using Tooltip for multiple input elements and showing the Tooltip on input elements both hovering and clicking. I need to prevent the JAWS reader from reading the Tooltip content while hovering. ...
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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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JAWS reads Modal Dialog content twice
My Modal Dialog has interactive and non-interactive content (screenshot 1). I'm expecting that the screen reader will read all content before the first focusable item and this focused item as well. ...
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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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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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Generate a PDF from HTML with tags for accessibility [closed]
I want to generate a PDF from HTML that has tags for accessibility embedded in it. In other words I want to convert HTML to PDF so that it is JAWS-friendly. The standard options out there for ...
