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NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

See http://www.nvda-project.org/

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Can I add screen-reader-friendly tags to HTML5 Adobe Animate documents?

I'd like to be able to publish interactive Adobe Animate assets (written in HTML5 mode) so that screen readers like NVDA can read out the onscreen text and any "alt-like" tags I add to elements. Has anyone had any success doing this? Can you give me…
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NVDA not announcing all text inside a role="alert" on Firefox

I have a div with role="alert" added to the DOM when a form is submitted, it contains a h3 and a description. At the moment of picking a choice, both texts are announced by VoiceOver (Apple), but using NVDA on Firefox (Win10) only the description…
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NVDA Ignoring "aria-hidden" with Boostrap Popover - Reads "blank"

I am trying to improve a website's accessibility, and I am coming across some issues making things work for both mobile (VoiceOver and TalkBack) and on desktop using NVDA. I am trying to use the Bootstrap Popover widget for a text input, as seen…
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Do NVDA addons have ability to execute on NVDA startup/shutdown?

I am trying to write an addon that does a thing when NVDA starts up. I want it do something else when NVDA shuts down. I have written a basic addon that uses input gestures to do my things... but are there event handlers or some other mechanism…
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JAWS Screen Reader is jumping particlular element when navigating using key up/down?

While we are using the up / down arrow key in the JAWS reader to read the content of the web pages will be moved to the top of the parent section after any actions have been completed. But it works fine by using the tab. It works fine by using NVDA…
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NVDA and JAWS reading order using React

When using NVDA on Firefox, it reads in row-wise order in React. How can I change the reading order? Sample code: {some content1-left} {some content1-right} …
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NVDA treats a div containing a button as a button

I have a container div whose first child element is another div which acts as a button. The container has one or more additional child elements. The inner button div is always in the tab order. Our application has a "screen reader mode", and when…
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Material ui - snackbox aria label not being read

So I have several components all with aria labels or aria labelled by tags attached to them for users with screenreaders. No matter what I try, I can't get the aria label to work on material ui snack boxes. I'm currently using NVDA screen reader as…
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NVDA - Get the input with nvda shortcut keys

When we create a simple web page and read this line with NVDA shortcut key H it will be read as "Flash Sale heading level three"

Flash Sale

But is there a way to assign this Flash Sale to a python variable?.…
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Roles for custom drop down select component

I've got a keyboard accessible custom drop down component here: https://codesandbox.io/s/31440w1vo6 However, when I turn on NVDA or JAWS, the focus movement to the first element in the options list after activating "Select an Allele" no longer…
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Hide Element but Preserve for Screen Readers (can't use display:none, visibility:hidden, or opacity:0)

I have an audio-element in my HTML whose only purpose is to make an announcement to blind users via a Screen Reader. It's a DIV, but it's invisible to regular users. The way to announce something is by creating an element with role=alert (no other…
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Accessibility issue on mouse hovering using NVDA tool

I have been using NVDA tool to identify accessibility issues in HTML page. I have been receiving an issue where the tool tip is not readable. I had…
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Is it possible to make screen readers stop reading at some point of the page?

I am facing an issue of aria and accessibility aria labels. That's my problem: After opens a page, I need that the screen reader reads the title and then stop reading the rest of the page. I need that the screen reader stops there, and just…
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ag-grid with NVDA screen reader accessibility

I am using ag-grid with screen readers. To be identified as table, added display properties (display:table, display:table-row', etc). Table is identified(shift T), but table shortcut keys Ctrl+Alt+arrow keys work only with Chrome+JAWS, but not with…
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Enforcing entire website is clickable using Enter for accessibility (like NVDA/JAWS do)

The ensure all elements are clickable using the Enter key, I'm using the following method: document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e){ if( e.keyCode === 13 ) { e.target.click(); } }); And for most clicks, it works really well.…
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