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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Dec 13, 2011 2:45PM

Hi

In an interview FS said they are still shipping updates for Jaws 12
(complimentary). It might be worth it to bring this issue to their
attention.
I know one of their beta tester folks, if that helps. I can ask him
about the possibility of getting this fixed.
If the issue lies with IE, hoever, it might be more difficult to get
it addressed entirely.
Thanks


On 12/13/11, David Farough < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Birkir:
> When I was testing this I was using IE8. I was also using Jaws
> 13.0.527.
> When I tabbed between the User name and password fields, Jaws spoke
> "Region landmark" and then spoke the appropriate label for the field
> with focus.
>
> In version 12 Jaws spoke the main landmark followed by all of the text
> between the landmark and the field with focus. I have not tested using
> Firefox.
>
> I have since downloaded jaws 13.0.638. Jaws continues to speak region
> landmark when you tab to these fields.
>
> When I looked at the enhancements listed for this version, I found the
> following:
> ●JAWS is now less verbose when announcing the start or end of ARIA
> regions on Web pages.
>
> David Farough
> Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
> Information Technology Services Directorate /
> Direction des services d'information technologiques
> Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
> Email / Courriel: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Tel. / Tél: (613) 992-2779
>
>>>> "Birkir R. Gunnarsson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 05:24 PM
> Monday, December 12, 2011 >>>
> Hi
>
> Do you mean that you go to "sign in with Twitter" and the problem is
> on that page?
> https://twitter.com/oauth/authorize?oauth_token=FVmO2ykQYbIQLn72wms8iuxDLAjyBqN6pGvvIwXAexQ
>
>
> If so, I can confirm that Jaws 13 (latest update 13.0.527( with IE9
> only reads "username required" and "Password required" when I use "e"
> or tab to get to these fields.
> This applies both with user vrebosity = advanced and beginner.
> When I select the main landmark, however, Jaws reads a whole lot of
> text, not sure if it is a Jaws bug or webpage problem.
> hth, I'd be happy to test with other browsers as of tomorrow (finally
> get my new development machine, this one has been on its last leg for
> 2 months now *grin*).
> hth
> -B
>
>
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