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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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NVDA 508 Compliance - ROR

I have an application built on Ruby on Rails. Anyone got any idea on how to make a web application NVDA 508 compliant. I have read different articles, but not getting exact information on steps needed to do this. Anyone done this before? Thanks in…
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How to jump between headings (like h3) with keyboard in NVDA?

I know that the good scenario is, when I click on number 3 on my keyboard I'm supposed to jump between my h3 headers. For some reason this thing didn't happen in my case and my screen reader (NVDA) didn't show me any indication of it. It's some…
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NVDA screen reader not working with mega menu keyboard navigation

On this page, the keyboard navigation works fine on my megamenu until I start NVDA screen reader: when I activate a menu item by hitting enter on my keyboard, instead of showing the menu panel, my browser opens the last anchor or button right before…
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NVDA reads out datepicker's current cell selection postion

I've set up a fiddle here https://jsfiddle.net/j49gz3g3
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How to prevent href attribute getting read by NVDA screenreader?

NVDA in IE11 is reading url of Link specified as href attribute. Role tab is used on the link. This is causing issue in screen-reader compliance. How to prevent href getting read? Is it a browser and screen-reader compliance issue?
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NVDA precedes text with "blank" when using jquery UI datepicker

When the .datepicker() is initiated and the user shifts between dates using the ctrl+left ctrl+right ctrl+up ctrl+down the screen reader works perfectly only when either ctrl+up/ctrl+down arrow combo is used. However, when ctrl+left/ctrl+right…
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How to read alt text using a screen reader in IE

I am using NVDA and I want to know why my img elements alt text are not being read by the screen reader. By being read I mean as in listening to the screen reader telling the alt text contents back to me. Good to know: every other browser (Chrome,…
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Accessibilty friendly with Primefaces

I'm improving a website to be accessibility friendly. Having problems with the p:selectOneMenu: it's not reading the values in the drop down, it only read them as a 'Blank'. I understand primefaces renders it different than a normal selectMenu just…
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NVDA not reading text inside div tag.(After getting focus through tabIndex=0)

I am having trouble with nvda. I have one main div tag and and inside that div tag there are multiple div tags. Whenever I will click on button this main div tag get focused. I am expecting that screen reader should read the entire content. Can I…
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Dropdown list and aria live?

Is it possible for NVDA to read only the dropdown select value when being loaded with aria live?
Right now on…
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How do I make a screenreader automatically read cell contents?

I'm trying to use a CSS table to represent a grid of items. My screenreader (NVDA) will automatically read the contents of a focusable div, but not if the div is display: table-cell. Is there a way to make the contents be automatically be read upon…
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How do I instruct screen readers to pronounce "DoIT" as "do it"?

I'm working on a website that uses an acronym across the board ("DoIT", pronounced "do it"). Unfortunately, screen readers for the visually impaired read the acronym wrong ("duh-I.T."). I'm thinking there are one of two solutions: find every…
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JAWS cannot read out the "live region" on SWT Accessibility Snippet. How can I force JAWS to read that region?

I tried the SWT Accessibility Snippet called declare a message area to be a "live region" Here is a link But the JAWS doesn't read out the "live region" text and the refreshable braille display doesn't show anything. The NVDA reads out the text but…
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NVDA + JAB + Swing is not responsive on hover events on swing components

I encountered the problem when developing swing application with NVDA, that NVDA only reads the accessible content I assgined to the component ( In my case a toggle button ) when I fire a click on that component, but what I am looking for is NVDA to…
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