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From: Carin Headrick
Date: Apr 7, 2015 5:14AM

Hi. I don't know if this is readily discoverable, but I figured I'd ask.

So many times, JAWS or NVDA will come upon an element and say it's
clickable when there is nothing clickable about it. What exactly is it
picking up on? Are they both picking up on the same thing, or do they
each have their own set of criteria for saying something is clickable?

If anybody has any ideas, that would be awesome.

Thanks,

Carin