{"id":1373,"date":"2024-10-02T16:10:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:04:00","slug":"jaws-only-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/2024\/10\/02\/jaws-only-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"JAWS (only) NO MORE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-01-132129.png\" alt=\"A surreal scene featuring a shark with its mouth wide open, but with some unusual and abstract characteristics. The creature\u2019s gaping mouth is the focal point, showcasing a circular, glowing object or portal at the center of its throat (Patrick's old TPG logo design). This gives the impression of an otherworldly or cosmic energy source within the shark\u2019s mouth. The surrounding environment is dominated by warm hues, primarily sandy oranges and reds, suggesting a desert or arid atmosphere, rather than an underwater scene typically associated with sharks. The blurry texture of the image, with grainy elements, adds a dreamlike or distorted feel, as if this scene were part of a hallucination or abstract artwork. The overall mood is eerie and strange, combining elements of both the natural world and the fantastical.\" width=\"591\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-01-132129.png 591w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-01-132129-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated 06 September 2025<\/strong>: now links point to TetraLogical repo.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017 I embarked on a journey to improve and open the reporting of issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpgi.com\/jaws-wide-open\/\">JAWS support for Web Standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I continued to work on this after leaving TPGi, until now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One of the resources I created and maintained while involved with the project was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tetralogical.github.io\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/JAWS.html\">Jaws HTML Support<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n<p>In fact I am working on similar resources for VoiceOver, NVDA and TalkBack, all in their new <em>Safe European Home<\/em> (repo): <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TetraLogical\/screen-reader-HTML-support\">Screen reader HTML support<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">&#8220;<strong>not safe to use<\/strong>&#8221; refers to the information provided, not the screen reader!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tetralogical.github.io\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/JAWS.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">JAWS HTML support<\/a>\u00a0in progress but\u00a0<strong>safe to use<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tetralogical.github.io\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/NVDA.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">NVDA HTML support<\/a>\u00a0in progress but\u00a0<strong>safe to use<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tetralogical.github.io\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/VO-mac.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">VoiceOver on Mac<\/a>\u00a0in progress but\u00a0<strong>safe to use<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tetralogical.github.io\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/VO-ios.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">VoiceOver on iOS<\/a>\u00a0in progress but\u00a0<strong>safe to use<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tetralogical.github.io\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/TalkBack-android.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">TalkBack on Android<\/a>\u00a0in progress not safe to use.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stevefaulkner.github.io\/AT-browser-tests\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">HTML Element test file index<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 test files used for screen reader testing, amongst other things.\u00a0<strong>safe to use<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">As they should be, these resources are open source: Forks,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TetraLogical\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/issues\">Issues<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TetraLogical\/screen-reader-HTML-support\/pulls\">PR\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0welcome!<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">As they should be, these resources are open source: Forks, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/stevefaulkner\/screen-reader-HTML-support\">Issues and PR&#8217;s<\/a> welcome!<\/p>\n<h2>Safe European Home<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1xgwXkULDCs?si=00qs_HOJJSXsSvKR\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Lyrics<\/summary>\n<pre>Well, I just got back and I wish I'd never leave now (where'd you go?)\r\nWho dat Martian arrival at the airport, yeah? (where'd you go?)\r\nHow many local dollars for a local anesthetic? (where'd you go?)\r\nThe Johnny on the corner wasn't very sympathetic (where'd you go?)\r\nI went to the place where every white face\r\nIs an invitation to robbery\r\nAnd sitting here in my safe European home\r\nDon't want to go back there again\r\nWasn't I lucky, wouldn't it be lovely? (where'd you go?)\r\nSend us all cards, have a laying-in on Sunday (where'd you go?)\r\nI was there for two weeks, so how come I never tell, now? (where'd you go?)\r\nThat natty dread drink at the Sheraton hotel, yeah (where'd you go?)\r\nI went to the place where every white face\r\nIs an invitation to robbery\r\nAnd sitting here in my safe European home\r\nDon't want to go back there again\r\nThey got the sun, and they got the palm trees (where'd you go?)\r\nThey got the weed, and they got the taxis (where'd you go?)\r\nWhoa, the harder they come, the home of ol' bluebeat (where'd you go?)\r\nI'd stay and be a tourist but I can't take the gunplay (where'd you go?)\r\nI went to the place where every white face\r\nIs an invitation to robbery\r\nAnd sitting here in my safe European home\r\nDon't want to go back there again\r\nWhat?\r\nRudie come from Jamaica, Rudie can't fail\r\nRudie come from Jamaica, Rudie can't fail\r\nRudie come from Jamaica, 'cause Rudie can't fail\r\nRudie come From Jamaica, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (European home)\r\nRudie come From Jamaica, Rudie can't fail (explosive European home)\r\nRudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie, Rudie can't fail (twenty-four track European home)\r\nElder come and a-Rudie go, no one knows where the policeman's go\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 06 September 2025: now links point to TetraLogical repo. 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&#8230; One of the resources I created and maintained while involved with the project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-htmlaccessibility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}