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Re: Mysterious JAWS voice change

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From: Shane Anderson
Date: Aug 8, 2016 9:05AM

JP - You might be right. But it seems impossible to tell for certain if the
cause originates with JAWS or IE. I'll file a bug with Freedom Scientific.

I wondered the same thing about zip code as Chaals and others noted but it
occurs with any number of digits above the "speak single digits" setting as
Birkir noted (which just happens to default to 5).

I copied and pasted 1234567890 several times together and it still happens.
When I add a character the describedby text is read normally.

1234567890 - yields Rocco's demonic voice.
1234567890a - yields the same Jaws voice as currently set.

As JP noted this occurs anywhere there is aria-describedby text and a
number longer than or the same as the "speak single digits" setting. And
it's only happening with IE.

A few other odd facts:
- I've found that the voice change doesn't occur inside an iframe. For
example, when creating test examples on Code Pen or JS Fiddle.
- Other screen reader users have reported Rocco's demonic in other
(random?) situations but I can't reproduce it.

Finally, Birkir, "Rocco's demonic voice"? LOL


Regards
Shane Anderson


On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Jamous, JP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I changed it to 6 digits but the problem continued to occur. However, if I
> set it to 6 digits and set the SayAll reads by Paragraph, it stops firing
> up Grandpa when I type 1234 or 12345. The moment I inset 6 digits or more,
> the voice is back.
>
> I tried it with the default settings and it does occur. However, it does
> not occur in Firefox or Chrome whether I use my settings or the default
> settings.
>
> So it is an issue in IE for sure.
>
> I bet it has something to do with the enhancements that they have been
> adding for Windows 10 and its version of Internet Explorer. On Windows 10
> IE is a different beast. Also, if you visit the download page of JAWS and
> check out the enhancements of JAWS 17, you will notice lots of issues with
> ARIA in general.
>
> That is why I'd recommend taking all of the details from here and emailing
> them about this constant bug.
>