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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Jul 8, 2013 8:30PM

There is an option to not speak duplicated text see if that is enabled.

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On Jul 8, 2013, at 7:14 PM, David Ashleydale < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just have a quick JAWS question. I've been using JAWS for years, although
> I'm not really an expert at it. I'm using JAWS 14 on a Windows 7 machine.
> I'm looking at a web page in IE 10. It's a form.
>
> I'm noticing something that I've never noticed before, but maybe I've just
> missed it. When I use the Tab key to go from field to field, JAWS announces
> any text that has been explicitly labeled for each form field. Like this:
>
> Me: Tab key.
> JAWS: "First Name. Edit. Type in text."
> Me: Tab key.
> JAWS: "Last Name. Edit. Type in text."
>
> That's cool.
>
> But if I navigate using the up and down arrow keys, JAWS doesn't announce
> the field label when the field receives focus. Like this:
>
> Me: Down arrow.
> JAWS: "First Name."
> Me: Down arrow.
> JAWS: "blank."
> Me: Down arrow.
> JAWS: "Edit."
> Me: Down arrow.
> JAWS: "Last Name."
> Me: Down arrow.
> JAWS: "blank."
> Me: Down arrow.
> JAWS: "Edit."
>
> Before I continue investigating the code and everything, I just wanted to
> get a reality check. Is this expected JAWS behavior? I had thought that
> JAWS would announce the label again when I down arrowed into the field
> instead of just saying "Edit". Because if I couldn't see the page, for all
> I know the page author may have coded the labels after the fields. Are JAWS
> users expected to only use the Tab key when interacting with forms if they
> want to be sure which label is associated with which field?
>
> Thanks,
> David
> > >