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Re: Differences Between Testing With JAWS And NVDA

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 18, 2022 8:38AM

On 18/03/2022 14:33, Geethavani.Shamanna wrote:
> I recently tested a modal dialog with both NVDA and Jaws. With NVDA the dialog worked as expected. However, with Jaws, with the virtual cursor turned on, I was able to access other parts of the page when within the dialog.

Indeed, I think this is down to NVDA doing some extra magic when it sees
aria-modal="true", while JAWS still doesn't.

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