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From: Vemaarapu Venkatesh
Date: Wed, Nov 09 2016 10:20PM
Subject: Combobox with JAWS
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Hello all, Greetings,
While traversing in expanded combobox list, JAWS will not announce the
location of the list item like "1of 5, 2of 5, 3 of 5" so on. I think JAWS
actually dont have this behaviour announcing the location of list items by
default. But it is necessary to make the user know where he is in the list.
Is it a bug? Please share your comments on this and also need a reference
combobox exhibiting this behaviour (JAWS should announce the location of
list items while traversing in expanded dropdown) only in windows local
system apps but not in any web app if any. I am in dialema whether to
report this as bug or not.
Need clarification on this, thank you.
Thanks,
Venkatesh
From: Subhash Chhetri
Date: Thu, Nov 10 2016 5:48AM
Subject: Re: Combobox with JAWS
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Hi Venkatesh,
I never report this as a bug for a simple reason because once user moves into any combo box his first priority will be to find out the desired option there, so he will be less bother about the number of options.
Another reason is once user expands any combo box, JAWS actually reads the currently focusable option along with the total number of options for the first time so that user can understand the total count there.
Best Regards, Subhash Chhetri Software Accessibility QA Engineer
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On Thu, 10/11/16, Vemaarapu Venkatesh < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
Subject: [WebAIM] Combobox with JAWS
To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
Date: Thursday, 10 November, 2016, 10:50 AM
Hello all, Greetings,
While traversing in expanded combobox list, JAWS will not
announce the
location of the list item like "1of 5, 2of 5, 3 of 5" so on.
I think JAWS
actually dont have this behaviour announcing the location of
list items by
default. But it is necessary to make the user know where he
is in the list.
Is it a bug? Please share your comments on this and also
need a reference
combobox exhibiting this behaviour (JAWS should announce the
location of
list items while traversing in expanded dropdown) only in
windows local
system apps but not in any web app if any. I am in dialema
whether to
report this as bug or not.
Need clarification on this, thank you.
Thanks,
Venkatesh
From: lists
Date: Thu, Nov 10 2016 6:08AM
Subject: Re: Combobox with JAWS
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I agree.
Regards,
Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu
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> On 10-Nov-2016, at 18:18, Subhash Chhetri via WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Hi Venkatesh,
>
> I never report this as a bug for a simple reason because once user moves into any combo box his first priority will be to find out the desired option there, so he will be less bother about the number of options.
>
> Another reason is once user expands any combo box, JAWS actually reads the currently focusable option along with the total number of options for the first time so that user can understand the total count there.
>
> Best Regards, Subhash Chhetri Software Accessibility QA Engineer
>
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> On Thu, 10/11/16, Vemaarapu Venkatesh < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Subject: [WebAIM] Combobox with JAWS
> To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> Date: Thursday, 10 November, 2016, 10:50 AM
>
> Hello all, Greetings,
>
> While traversing in expanded combobox list, JAWS will not
> announce the
> location of the list item like "1of 5, 2of 5, 3 of 5" so on.
> I think JAWS
> actually dont have this behaviour announcing the location of
> list items by
> default. But it is necessary to make the user know where he
> is in the list.
> Is it a bug? Please share your comments on this and also
> need a reference
> combobox exhibiting this behaviour (JAWS should announce the
> location of
> list items while traversing in expanded dropdown) only in
> windows local
> system apps but not in any web app if any. I am in dialema
> whether to
> report this as bug or not.
> Need clarification on this, thank you.
>
> Thanks,
> Venkatesh
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