Questions tagged [jaws-screen-reader]
JAWS is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows.
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C# : How to detect if screen reader is running?
How to detect if screen reader is running (JAWS)?
As I understand in .NET 4 we can use AutomationInteropProvider.ClientsAreListening from System.Windows.Automation.Provider namespace, but what if I ...
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Can you force a screen reader to read numbers as individual digits?
Phone numbers are typically all digits, ignoring parens, dashes, pluses, etc., so input fields for phone numbers are typically numeric.
When a screen reader encounters a numeric input field, it'll ...
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aria-label, aria-labelledby and aria-describedby: very unforeseeable behaviour in screenreaders
I just noticed that although the aria-label, aria-labelledby and aria-describedby attributes are said to work on every element (see https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-1.1/states_and_properties#aria-...
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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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aria-hidden true read by JAWS
Using jQuery add role alert in #div1, read #div2 content even if it is hidden for JAWS.
<div id="div1">
some content
<div id="div2" aria-hidden="true">
some content 2 ...
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Jaws 16 not reading "alert" role in IE 11
We are facing an issue with Jaws 16 and IE 11. We have some tooltips on the web page where we have assigned role as "alert" so that when JAWS reads it it will will first announce 'alert' and then ...
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ASP.NET MVC - How to detect if user is using a screen reader
So I'm currently trying to check if a user is using a screen reader on our site. The reason I would like to check if they are is because our site provides a training module in which if they are using ...
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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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aria-live and JAWS
I'm trying to get an aria-live region to work correctly with JAWS 11 and IE8.
Using the code below, I can get JAWS to announce the new value when the button is clicked, but the behaviour is not what ...
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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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Screen readers and Javascript
I'm creating a website for a reading service for the blind and visually impaired and I'm using JavaScript (with jQuery) to print some stuff to some of the pages after the page has loaded.
Will the ...
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Are Keyboard shortcuts mandatory for 508 compliance
I researched a lot on this and seem to be getting conflicting answers on SO and all of the web. I understand that with Section 508 that compliance DOES NOT equal accessibility.
Biggest thing is ...
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Text console for development in JAWS?
I'm working on a web application and I want to make it easy to use via screen reader.
Testing stuff in JAWS is time consuming.
Is it possible to make JAWS display text instead of reading it?
I don't ...
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How to get Jaws to read aria-describedby attribute
The problem is as mentioned in the title and here is what I have as my HTML code.
<li> <a id="blog-setup" href="https://illinois.edu/toolbox/0.portlet?componentId=13&desktopId=1" ...
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How to make JAWS read a simple label?
It should be simple, but apparently no one knows: If I add a Label control to my Windows Forms based dialog, and I want this label to be read by JAWS, how would I achieve that?
It works fine using ...
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