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JAWS is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows.

JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is a computer screen reader program made by freedoms cientific for Microsoft Windows that allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output.

According to May 2012 survey by WebAIM, JAWS is the most popular screen reader worldwide with 49.1% of survey participants using it as a primary screen reader.

Website: JAWS download page

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issue with reading multiple span tag using JAWS

I am trying simple HTML structure to read by JAWS screen reader test code first line second line …
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Accessibility with screen readers (ex. Jaws)

A colleague of mine came to me with a problem on one of his projects. Unable to help him, due to my lack of experience with screen readers and the technology, I turn to you, the proud and mighty mass of SO users. Summary for the TLDR-folks: Our…
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JAWS - Submitted form in iframe reads source URL even though there is a title

I'm developing a form that is displayed in an iframe. When the form is first displayed (on click) I add a title to the iframe, and JAWS reads everything nicely. When the form is submitted with errors, JAWS reads everything I expect it to, but it…
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JAWS, Accessibility and VB6

I am just beginning to learn about accessbility specifically in relation to JAWS - so newbie alert! I am looking to modify an old vb6 app which has a form with a 3 column flexgrid. There is a custom edit box which is overlaid on the form for editing…
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why Jaws does not read all the content in text area

I was wondering if there is a limit to how much Jaws (screen reader) can read in a text area in Flash. my text area contains about 15 lines, and always it stops reading at a certain point. in one test I was deleting one word, and then Jaws read one…
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Tagged annotation link not reading properly in PDF with JAWS?

What is the problem? By using PDFBOX I tried to tag a link which contains annotation. The PDF creating sample code is here. I tagged a nested paragraph link by using PDFBOX. The newly created tagged PDF is passing the Adobe checker. What I…
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How to move focus from "skip to main content" to an iframe and access iframe content in JAWS?

Scenario: In my application, content in Iframe is loading from server side and entire markup comes from the backend. There is navigation menu buttons in the main html page and Skip to main content link. Role for the iframe body is given as…
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Have JAWS ignore an html element

I am currently attempting to make my application be more user friendly to those with difficulty seeing. As one would expect, I am using JAWS to test my application. Most of the issues I have run in were relatively easy to fix, except I am stumped…
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aria-live="assertive" role="alert" not working for pop-up messages

I'm fairly new to ARIA and its functionality with screen readers but I've been trying to figure out why the popup is not being read. It gets changed when a user clicks a save button which refreshes the page to which a message will appear but then…
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Changing Screen Reader settings for a more dev-friendly a11y experience?

I've been working more with making web content accessible for users with screen readers. For someone new to this like myself you can imagine the frustrations I've come across going from Mac -> Windows or browser -> browser and now Screen Reader ->…
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SPAN tag ignored by JAWS screen Reader

So I was able to get my page working just fine with the NDVA screen reader, however, when testing in JAWS, it tabs to the span, but doesn't read the text. whatever UPDATE: What I am trying to achieve is a…
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HTML accessiblity: make a screen reader announce hidden text when it gets shown

According to the w3 documentation we can use the aria-live attribute to tell a screen reader to read the text contents of a HTML element when it gets changed. However, in my case, i wont be updating any text and simply want a screen reader to…
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Flex Accessiblity - Tab Focus goes out of flex app

In an accessible flex app, the user can navigate through the control by using the TAB key. The flex app pops up on top of the html page aftert the user activate a particular link, and is loaded using swfobject.embedSWF. It works well in most cases,…
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ComboBox not accessible with JAWS

When focussing on a ComboBox, JAWS says that you can alter the selection by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. But when altering, the user gets no audio feedback of the selected item. Narrator handles this correctly. I've tried: -Adding…
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JAWS does not read aria-label for span inside header with aria-label

I have a span which serves as a button which is inside a header:

Button

However, whenever I tab to the span, it reads "Header Aria Label". How…
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