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Re: Resolving Lag With Jaws in an HTML Application Element Using Aria Live Regions
From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Feb 14, 2023 8:00PM
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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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Brandon Keith Biggs
> Sent: 14 February 2023 23:40
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Resolving Lag With Jaws in an HTML Application Element
> Using Aria Live Regions
>
> Hello,
>
> If there is a better place to send this, please let me know. I am
> developing a web application to work with Jaws.
>
> I am wondering how to remove the strange lag with Jaws sending keys to an
> application and Jaws failing to clear aria live region text from its
> buffer? On our application site:
>
> https://www.audiom.net/embed/6?apiKey=b_e0xbMW4_hk9tDtOYMrZ
>
> 1. Using Jaws, arrow down to âAudio Map Onâ and hit enter. This will
> pop you into application mode. Now hit backslash ââ and it will use your
> screen reader rather than web TTS.
>
> 2. Now press the down arrow repeatedly. There is a 50-100ms delay
> between each key press that vanishes when using NVDA or no screen reader.
>
> 3. Go to coordinate 35, 17 on the âlong rampâ and quickly repeatedly
> arrow to the right until the sound changes. You will hear âlong rampâ
> still announced when you hear the sound change when using Jaws (if you
> press the right arrow fast enough). Using web TTS or NVDA, there is no
> problem clearing the buffer, and you hear "empty space" right away.
>
>
>
> Iâm wondering if you have any ideas on how to resolve these usability
> issues with Jaws in a browser application?
>
> Our Jaws users are quite unhappy with these bugs, and I donât know how to
> resolve them, especially since they are not present outside of Jaws. Iâm
> using Jaws 2023 in the latest stable version of Chrome.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
> > > at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> > > > > >
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