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Re: JAWS and ARIA's application role

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Jul 6, 2011 12:39PM

If I am understanding what you said correctly, you are using JAWS 11 with FF 5? I'm uncertain that combination will work. I think you have to be using JAWS 12 to be using FF 4---which probably means you need to be using at least JAWS 12 to have a chance of it working with FF 5. That could possibly be why you might be having problems with the application role.

When it comes to testing assistive technology (AT) with browsers, it's a good idea to check to see if the version of the AT supports the version of the browser. Depending on how the AT needs to integrate with the browser, changes in versions of both the AT and browser can alter your test results.
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS and ARIA's application role

On 06/07/2011 13:29, Pratik Patel wrote:

> Can you provide information about the browser in which you tested this? With
> so many recent changes to browsers, please also provide the version number.
> What version of JAWS?

I apologize for not including this fundamental information. Here it is:

Browser: Firefox 5
JAWS: 11.0.1471

During my experimentation with screen readers and ARIA, I have noticed
how fragile and inconsistent the outcome can be depending on the
combination of different types and versions of browser and screen
reader. So far, I believe the best combination I have had was Firefox 4
and JAWS 12. But because our clients are still using JAWS 11, we're
stuck with that.

Regards,

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