In 2017 I embarked on a journey to improve and open the reporting of issues with JAWS support for Web Standards.
I continued to work on this after leaving TPGi, until now…
One of the resources I created and maintained while involved with the project was Jaws HTML Support. This resource provides information about how JAWS supports the semantics of each HTML element. As this documentation is open source, I will continue to maintain and further develop it.
In fact I am working on similar resources for VoiceOver, NVDA and TalkBack, all in their new Safe European Home (repo): Screen reader HTML support
“not safe to use” refers to the information provided, not the screen reader!
- JAWS HTML support in progress but safe to use.
- NVDA HTML support in progress not safe to use.
- VoiceOver on Mac in progress not safe to use.
- VoiceOver on iOS in progress not safe to use.
- TalkBack on Android in progress not safe to use.
- HTML Element test file index – test files used for screen reader testing, amongst other things. safe to use
As they should be, these resources are open source: Forks, Issues and PR’s welcome!
Safe European Home
Lyrics
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6 replies on “JAWS (only) NO MORE”
Steve, great resources, thank you. A suggestion – perhaps it would be worth clarifying whether you mean “in progress not safe to use” means that NVDA is not safe to use for its HTML support or the resource that describes the NVDA support is itself not safe to use. 🙂
Thanks Andrew, I have added a note:
It appears that the Talkback link links to the VoiceOver page!
Thanks Joel, should be fixed now
Great new resource.
But what would be the difference with https://a11ysupport.io/?
Why not contribute to this project?
I am aware of https://a11ysupport.io/ and have contributed (though not much as am busy contributing elsewhere) These resources serve different functions as they are meant to be a cheatsheet type of doc for the various assistive tech.