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Re: Mysterious JAWS voice change

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From: Jamous, JP
Date: Aug 7, 2016 6:06AM

Honestly, I don't know. Yet, it is occurring on lots of sites.

I just ran into it this morning on Google.com as I was typing fast my search query. Rocko kicked in with a lower pitch and slow rate.

I tested your URL below and Grandpa kicked in aftershift-tabbing with a low pitch and rate.

I tried to track the IE scripts, which lead me to the default.jss file. In it there was a OT_HELP being used to announce any notifications.

My assumption is that JAWS is taking your div and announcing it as a help or tooltip. That is forcing the functions to switch to those voices.

I'd recommend you email <EMAIL REMOVED> and get this baby to the escalations team.