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Re: Resolving Lag With Jaws in an HTML Application Element Using Aria Live Regions

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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Feb 14, 2023 8:00PM

Hello,
It sounds like the objects menu opened when you hit enter in the
application. Try hitting escape, then pressing backslash. You don't want
any menus open when you hit backslash.
It's an application specific command.
Thanks,



Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 4:45 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> The backslash key doesn't do anything on my machine with JAWS 2021 and the
> latest Chrome. When I arrow through the list I hear JAWS and the web TTS
> read each item, but at different speeds. I can't get it to use one or the
> other - it's always both.
>
> NVDA works fine.
>
> What is the backslash key supposed to do when it is passed through to
> JAWS? It doesn't appear to be a standard JAWS command.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
>