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Re: How JAWS reads checkboxes

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Jan 27, 2016 6:16AM

Yes, I believe that is typical in browse mode for JAWs and it is ok that it does that.

This is one of those areas where behaviors of screen readers can be different, but either behavior is perfectly ok.

The reason I say that is, in both cases, the screen reader reads the name of the checkbox when you move to it. The difference is just that one screen reader decided that the label does not exist separately from the checkbox (or they feel that is a better user experience) while the other screen reader considers that label also to be a separate piece of information in addition to being the name of the checkbox (or they feel their approach makes for a better user experience.)