accessibility for the screen reader

  • Anna

    (@agiller)


    10 years, 9 months ago

    Hi!
    I’m WordPress beginner, and looking for help using JAWS screen reader. Here are some of my issues when adding/editing the post:
    1. Many of the listed keyboard shortcuts don’t work, for example, alt+A for link.
    2. Which option should I use – TEXT or VISUAL?
    3. When moving from one field to another, JAWS keeps announcing “Aplication Control” even after the post has been updated. Is there any way to stop this behaviour?
    Thanks in advance for any type of help.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    1. Can you clarify where these keyboard shortcuts are being listed?

    2. Probably the Visual editor would be better. You stand less chance of having stuff like image markup being rendered “as is” but the difference should only be marginal.

    3. What are you doing when this happens?

    Incidentally, I don’t monitor these forums for topics tagged with my username. 🙂 But topics tagged with the word “accessibility” are monitored by the Make WordPress Accessible team, so someone should be along relatively quickly to answer any questions you have or note any feedback. I’ve added the tag to this topic for you.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Sorry, it was me who tagged you Esmi :S

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks anyway, Andrew, 🙂

    Thread Starter Anna

    (@agiller)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Esmi!
    1. They are the shortcuts for text editor – Bold (alt+B), Italic (alt+I), etc.
    3. JAWS weird behaviour starts when I click on “Visual”, and doesn’t stop even after clicking “Text”. The only way I’ve found so far, is To close the editor.
    Thanks

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Are you using the latest version of JAWS?

    Thread Starter Anna

    (@agiller)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Yes, I use the latest version – JAWS14

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