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From: Steve Green
Date: May 8, 2022 2:02PM

I get the same issue as you - JAWS and NVDA do not announce the names of some form controls.

The cause surprised me, but the fix is easy. If you go into the Properties of any form control that JAWS and NVDA do not announce, you will see there is what looks like a space at the end of the Name field. It's not a space because Acrobat doesn't let you put one at the end of the Name. It's some other non-printing character.

All you need to do is delete the "space" character, close the Properties dialog and repeat for all the other form controls.

Steve