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Re: Form field causing JAWS to crash?

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From: Bim Egan
Date: Jun 6, 2018 6:27AM

Hi,

Like Birkir I've been experiencing this for years. Though it's rare to
completely crash, but for someone who can't see the screen, there's little
discernable difference between a crash and absolute silence while you're
typing and with no audible announcement when trying to switch to another
window or application, (task switching).

I first noticed this in Wiki markdown editing forms but it's becoming more
common, especially in single page applications used for forms. Knowing the
high processing and memory usage of most screenreaders, I have as high a
spec laptop as possible. But the trends to use large file size images and
huge numbers of JavaScript files and / or single page applications still
means that there can be up to 30 seconds between typing a letter and hearing
the screenreader echo it.

So if client-side script is running, has it been optimised? Are there 1MB+
images on the same page? Is it part of a single page application? Have you
checked the page weight?

HTH,

Bim
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