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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Feb 4, 2010 2:33AM

"Could someone with connections inform Freedom Scientific of this.
Nobody from there is subscribed to this list, if you can believe that."

There is a closed beta testing programme for Jaws. I've filed a bug with FS and will keep you posted on any response.

Regards,
Léonie.

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Sent: 03 February 2010 23:41
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I am experiencing the same behavior in JAWS 11. This is a VERY significant bug that will render MUCH web content inaccessible to JAWS
11 users.

I created several test cases and all show that if you have text and an image with alt text within the same link, only the first of these items within the link will be read by JAWS as you navigate by links
(tab) through the page. It will always ignore anything within the link that comes after the first text item or the first image.

For example, this would render all properly coded "This link opens in a new window" or "PDF File", etc. icons as inaccessible to users navigating by links. If you had a product image and a product description both within the same link, only the image will be identified.

Interestingly, if you open the list of links (JAWS + F7), it displays and reads the entire content of the link appropriately.

It does this in both Firefox and IE. This bug is not present in JAWS 10.

Daniel noted the "Filter Duplicate Links" option, but it has no effect either way.

Could someone with connections inform Freedom Scientific of this.
Nobody from there is subscribed to this list, if you can believe that.

Jared Smith
WebAIM