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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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JS function with e.key === 'Enter' won't fire when in screenreader (NVDA ) browse mode

Keyboard ENTER on a button element will not fire the psydo code at the bottom, when NVDA screenreader is enabled and in browse mode. I already found some suggestion, but they do not cover my requirements: Add role=application --> The content is no…
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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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How can I get NVDA and similar to read out aria-label AND content of ?

I have an SVG tree graphic which I'd like to make accessible to users of NVDA and similar. Each node in the SVG graphic is coded like this:
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How to prevent NVDA from announcing the whole content of a link?

I have a section of code that is contained in a link, the problem is that when I focus the element with NVDA the content of the link is read all at once. For example I have this code: …
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aria-live element being read multiple in NVDA when using React

Within my react application, I am noticing an issue in NVDA where my addition inside an aria-live element is being read out multiple times. I only notice this issue within react, and cannot reproduce it in plain JavaScript. I broke down my code into…
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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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NVDA screen reader ignores Bootstrap `sr-only` class

We have a web application that we're working on making more accessible and we have discovered that when using the NVDA screen reader it ignores all text that we have marked with Bootstrap 3's sr-only css class. According to WebAIM, modern screen…
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NVDA screen reader not switching to focus mode predictably

I have a simple chunk of code that I'm trying to make keyboard accessible while using the NVDA screen reader. Specifically, I have a div with a role of "button", with another div with another role of "button" nested inside it. Each div has a…
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How to hide overflow content from screenreaders

I'm working on a content curation website. One of the things you can curate is a widget with some text and no character limit. The widget (and its preview) are rendered by simplying setting overflow: hidden The administrator is currently expected to…
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Accessibility with multiple tags in a table

I have multiple sections in my and it's reading each
tag the table contains. They have unique id and header attributes assigned to the various th and td tags so, to me, it doesn't make sense why the NVDA screen reader is…
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NVDA Reading out Text Twice in Chrome

For the following markup:
this is what is being…
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Screen reader consistency issue

I am using Jaws 15 and IE 8 to test acccessibility of my website and found some weird issue with role alert on page load if I am having any role alert which is apart of DOM on page load JAWS/NVDA never announce alert. In some case role alert is not…
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NVDA isn't reading the content that is being given focus

Been testing an accessibility modal window, it works as expected with JAWS 13 on IE8. However when I use NDVA and test on IE8 or Firefox, the focused content is not read. When the modal is displayed it has aria-hidden="false" while the rest of the…
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Heading with link not listed in VoiceOver Headings rotor

To make a site I'm working on WCAG compliant I'm adding semantic structuring to it. I've noticed if the heading is additionally a link it is not picked up by the screed reader I'm using (VoiceOver). That is:

This is a H1 heading

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NVDA reading dynamically-added content twice

I'm working on making a dynamic web application accessible to the visually impaired via screen readers, and I'm running into an annoying problem. When I test my code (see below) with JAWS, it works perfectly fine. But when I use NVDA, I'm getting…
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