TapTapTip: How to read very long messages and comments with JAWS in the Windows Ramblio client
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Doug Lee
This is not a Ramblio app bug; it is something that can and does affect many applications that contain lists in which items can have extremely long names, such as Slack, Discord, Teams, WhatsApp, etc. I often script around this issue for JAWS users. The next comment will give some technical details for anyone who wants to know.
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Doug Lee
JAWS appears to use UIA to read list items. UIA and MSAA are two protocols in Windows for letting apps give screen readers accessibility information, UIA being newer than MSAA. There is another protocol that JAWS can use specifically for lists, which I will just call the WinAPI ListView protocol. That one gets the whole message, whereas UIA does not. MSAA didn't either until Josh did something a couple days ago to make MSAA get it all as well. The problem is figuring out how to get JAWS to notice the entire message without requiring a script, when UIA, the normally preferred method, is not enough.
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Doug Lee
My previous comment demonstrates the issue: If your screen reader stops around "get JAWS to notice," you did not hear the whole message. The message ends with "is not enough."
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