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Re: Questions about NVDA and JAWS

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: May 13, 2021 7:08AM

On 13/05/2021 13:49, Ilana Gordon wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am wondering if it is possible to have NVDA and JAWS always read the same
> way. One of our government clients is using both to audit documents and
> we're having a hard time marrying the two to read things exactly the same
> way.
>
> I have my explanations but wanted to get some professional opinions
> from this community. Any insight is appreciated.

Probably worth giving a few examples of where you're seeing
discrepancies. Are the differences about content (e.g. how in some cases
dates/numbers/etc are announced as if they were in a format that they
are not) ... which may well be down to the specific speech engine that
is being used (see the recent thread here
https://webaim.org/discussion/mail_message?idF146)?

Or is it more fundamentally about how certain structures/roles are
announced, what hints are being given by the AT, etc? (which, depending
on the specifics, may simply not be possible to address at all, as it's
down to how these ATs work)

P
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