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Re: Preferred mode for JAWS users?

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Jun 19, 2018 8:49AM

> On Jun 19, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Ajay Sharma < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> That mostly depends upon situation, but most of the times I keep it
> off. The pop sound isn't pleasing when you just want to skim through
> the page and do not want to interact with the form controls every now
> and then.
This is why I
use semi-automatic mode, unless I am testing. When navigating with arrow keys or quick nav forms mode stays off and I can keep reading. Also, if I try to arrow past the last character in an input field it refuses to do so. But if using the tab key, forms mode turns on when a widget is encountered. I am also afraid that using the space bar might not only trigger forms mode, but transmit that space through to the web page when encountering radio or normal buttons. which might cause side effects I am trying to avoid.
Jonathan Cohn