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Re: Why is Insert + ; shortcut removed in Jaws 15 for Skipping ARIA Landmarks ?

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From: Bim Egan
Date: Aug 21, 2014 2:49AM

Hi,
Have you tried pressing just the letter "r"? I discovered this when
seeking radio buttons in a form. "R" now navigates between regions. I
haven't found a replacement shortcut for radio buttons.

HTH
Bim


On 21/08/2014 06:47, Ravindra Kumar Jain wrote:
> Hi List ,
>
> Using JAWS 15 in trial mode I noticed something which was unanticipated.
> Till JAWS 13 pressing Insert + ; was used to skip to different
> Landmarks, which according to me was a very good feature , but sadly
> not working in JAWS 15.
> After which tried googling, and referring the following page for
> keyboard shortcut.
> http://webaim.org/articles/jaws/
>
> Pressing Insert + R as mentioned in webaim , only reads out , "You
> must turn on either JAWS or Invisible cursor before you can set
> restriction ".
> Only what comes closer is pressing Q for going to main region and
> pressing Control + Insert + R for listing out ARIA Landmarks. Which
> according to me is a "reduced functionality and inconvenient". Am I
> missing out something ?
> Is it something to do with Html 5 ? Why was this simple
> functionality change in the later versions ?
>
> By what I see their are atleast 1000 sites referring to "JaWS Keyboard
> shortcuts " which have become standard over a period of time , Every
> time a version of JAWS comes up, with a relatively a new set of
> shortcuts, does it not creates confusion for a general JAWS user
> whose search results may not directly go to freedom scientific sites ,
> but to one of those sites which have not been updated for years ?
>
> Adding to confusion are thousands of keyboard shortcuts which user
> has to remember for accomplishing a task.
> Looking at a bigger picture , Does this means that every time the
> user learns a new version of JAWS , he has to again do R & D for new
> shortcuts by going to freedom scientific website which are unclear
> many times ? In my opinion this will discourage other online web
> content authors to write about JAWS. This in my opinion certainly
> discourages accessibility testers to suggest developers to add ARIA
> page role definitions.
>
> Ravindra Kumar Jain
> Accessibility Engineer
> Onya Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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