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very odd issue: NVDA reads hidden text in firefox preferences
It is very possible that either the hidden or aria-hidden attributes are not being recognized then. Can you reproduce with another screen reader or older versions of Firefox? Jonathan Cohn On 3/29/19
It is very possible that either the hidden or aria-hidden attributes are not being recognized then. Can you reproduce with another screen reader or older versions of Firefox? Jonathan Cohn On 3/29/19
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Jonathan COHN
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Question about braille sign
Hello, Sometimes characters with different meanings are used by visual writers because they feel they look better. For example, quote symbols can be just a straight line, or can curve toward the quote
Hello, Sometimes characters with different meanings are used by visual writers because they feel they look better. For example, quote symbols can be just a straight line, or can curve toward the quote
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Jonathan COHN
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Remove beeps from list of emails
I haven't experienced this. Perchance are you an on a pre-release version of NVDA? Pre-release versions will beep when there is a caught error, so that developers can investigate the error. Jonathan
I haven't experienced this. Perchance are you an on a pre-release version of NVDA? Pre-release versions will beep when there is a caught error, so that developers can investigate the error. Jonathan
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Jonathan COHN
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Quick Navigation By Heading In MS Word Focus Mode
My apologies that I am a bit rusty on this, but if you have a chance to play with word a bit you should be able to figure things out from my below description. If not, I can be more specific later. If
My apologies that I am a bit rusty on this, but if you have a chance to play with word a bit you should be able to figure things out from my below description. If not, I can be more specific later. If
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Jonathan COHN
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Locked
Reading past the visible screen on a CMD Window?
If you can find the scroll bar, you can probably scroll up a page and use the review cursor to examine the page. That being said, it is more efficient to work directly with either less or an editor an
If you can find the scroll bar, you can probably scroll up a page and use the review cursor to examine the page. That being said, it is more efficient to work directly with either less or an editor an
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Jonathan COHN
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Skipping Lists
Hello, The comma key moves me past the first container list, region, table and perhaps Group ) are all defined to be skipped. The less than sign will move up in much the same way to the beginning of t
Hello, The comma key moves me past the first container list, region, table and perhaps Group ) are all defined to be skipped. The less than sign will move up in much the same way to the beginning of t
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Jonathan COHN
· #62606
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Elements not being reported with NVDA
Actually, this is not an NVDA bug, but a web page bug. The ARIA-LABEL attribute completely replaces the name of the current element with that label. I would recommend inserting a graphic to indicate t
Actually, this is not an NVDA bug, but a web page bug. The ARIA-LABEL attribute completely replaces the name of the current element with that label. I would recommend inserting a graphic to indicate t
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Jonathan COHN
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Pycharm with nvda
I would recommend using a true text editor when working with Python code. Notepad++ works fairly well. I have also heard good things about visual studio. If you are throwing commands at python interpr
I would recommend using a true text editor when working with Python code. Notepad++ works fairly well. I have also heard good things about visual studio. If you are throwing commands at python interpr
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Jonathan COHN
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VPN Recommendations
Hello, You will need to describe what your expectations for a VPN are, since it can mean to very different things. When I did a google search for perl vpn, all I saw was perl scripts and modules to ma
Hello, You will need to describe what your expectations for a VPN are, since it can mean to very different things. When I did a google search for perl vpn, all I saw was perl scripts and modules to ma
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Jonathan COHN
· #62981
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NVDA does not support line breaks in PDF files
Because PDF is an evolving format that was initially just used to provide displaying of printed documents, but now including PDF-UA 2 tagging that provides appropriate tagging for distinguishing headi
Because PDF is an evolving format that was initially just used to provide displaying of printed documents, but now including PDF-UA 2 tagging that provides appropriate tagging for distinguishing headi
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Jonathan COHN
· #63092
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Tabs on web Pages
Hello, A set of tabs should have an associated tab panels where there is one tab for each tab panel. When a tab is activated the associated tab panel should become visible to both the sighted and blin
Hello, A set of tabs should have an associated tab panels where there is one tab for each tab panel. When a tab is activated the associated tab panel should become visible to both the sighted and blin
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Jonathan COHN
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Is NVDA really unable to handle LinkedIn and sprintip?
I know that both Sprint and LinkedIn (Microsoft owns LinkedIn btw) have accessibility officer. My LinkedIn connections include a VP of Accessibility at Sprint :-). Have you attempted to work with thei
I know that both Sprint and LinkedIn (Microsoft owns LinkedIn btw) have accessibility officer. My LinkedIn connections include a VP of Accessibility at Sprint :-). Have you attempted to work with thei
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Jonathan COHN
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labeling the button objects in decTalk speak windows
Is this something that the Magic cursor app from Joseph Lee would do? Jonathan From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@...> Reply-To: "nvda@nvda.groups.io" <nvda@nvda
Is this something that the Magic cursor app from Joseph Lee would do? Jonathan From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@...> Reply-To: "nvda@nvda.groups.io" <nvda@nvda
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Jonathan COHN
· #63266
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accessible e-book creation?
You should talk with George Kerscher from the Daisy Consortium. Daisy and EPub 3 are overlapping standards, and I am pretty sure that daisy.org has a list of applications for creating Daisy files. Thi
You should talk with George Kerscher from the Daisy Consortium. Daisy and EPub 3 are overlapping standards, and I am pretty sure that daisy.org has a list of applications for creating Daisy files. Thi
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Jonathan COHN
· #63267
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Making NVDA reconsider focus
I was thinking that even just a insert-F1 listing of what is the NVDA current focus and what screen shows focus as might be helpful. Jonathan From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Quentin Christens
I was thinking that even just a insert-F1 listing of what is the NVDA current focus and what screen shows focus as might be helpful. Jonathan From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Quentin Christens
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Jonathan COHN
· #63282
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cells in Excel not reading after a cell is typed in
Hello, Try typing nvda-tab and see if the cursor is in the cell or the editing region. For me, after hitting return when inputting data into a cell, the focus went back from the editor panel to the ce
Hello, Try typing nvda-tab and see if the cursor is in the cell or the editing region. For me, after hitting return when inputting data into a cell, the focus went back from the editor panel to the ce
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Jonathan COHN
· #63692
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NVDA remote
I have seen this happen when an addon is not completely installed. I ended up going to the %appdata% vda\ directory and finding the semi-installed addon and deleting it. I wonder if there is an enhanc
I have seen this happen when an addon is not completely installed. I ended up going to the %appdata% vda\ directory and finding the semi-installed addon and deleting it. I wonder if there is an enhanc
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Jonathan COHN
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google suite
I have heard of folks using NVDA and google docs, I am not sure about the spread sheet program. Except for the fact that Macintosh VoiceOver sometimes requires interact/stop interact in order to get t
I have heard of folks using NVDA and google docs, I am not sure about the spread sheet program. Except for the fact that Macintosh VoiceOver sometimes requires interact/stop interact in order to get t
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Jonathan COHN
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Virtual Viewer
Well, virtual viewer is a pretty generic term in JAWS, it is one of three methods that JAWS programmers can use to present additional or supplemental information to the JAWS user. From your descriptio
Well, virtual viewer is a pretty generic term in JAWS, it is one of three methods that JAWS programmers can use to present additional or supplemental information to the JAWS user. From your descriptio
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Jonathan COHN
· #65836
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Links on websites with submenus and/or links that NVDA can't interact with
So, if this is a website with MouseOver actions that do not have equivalent keyboard interaction, then you probably will not have much luck. Gene's use of turning off JavaScript is interesting, someti
So, if this is a website with MouseOver actions that do not have equivalent keyboard interaction, then you probably will not have much luck. Gene's use of turning off JavaScript is interesting, someti
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Jonathan COHN
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