Yes Jim, they sure do. Well, this has been a thing since at least 2016. I found the archived thread about this, probably from this list.
I have turned off the "indicate element attributes" checkbox and this has done the trick. But this isn't an entirely satisfying solution, since now I'll be missing some potentially useful information as well. The little help message informs me that you can turn on and off individual attribute announcements using speech and sound schemes. This I know. However, "clickable" is simply not to be found anywhere in that list. So if they could just add it to the schemes page -- then we could turn it on and off at will. Seems very uncomplicated to me ... or am I missing something? -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Pursley Sent: January 10, 2018 7:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Why does JAWS say "clickable" when it isn't? I recall a response from FS that the "clickable" ghost issue is a known item and they're working on a fix. I've no further information, though. When I switched to Firefox as my default browser about 6 months ago when IE insisted on opening pdf's in the browser, the everpresent clickable sound was a real nuisance. Now it's just a nuisance. Humans have a wonderful talent for drowning out useless noise so long as it does not tweak the emotions. On 1/10/2018 9:59 PM, JM Casey wrote: > Hey everyone. > > I know this topic came up here some time ago, but I'm afraid it wasn't > relevant to me at the time and wasn't a thread I took the time to > read. So, sorry for bringing it up again. > > > > But yes, I was just wondering about this. I understand that there > often *is* "clickable" text on a webpage, and JAWS is trying to inform me of > this fact. > But on many pages, every line will say "clickable", even though there > is nothing to click/nothing happens when you click. Why is this? And > can I get a happy medium somewhere? Obviously I don't want to miss > important information about a page, but when I'm reading a wikipedia > article or IMDB review or something and hear "clickable, clickable, > clickable", on what appears to be static text - that just seems like weird, > excessive noise. > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > -- James C. Pursley, Chief Investment Officer Gaia Capital Management www.gaiacapital.com [email protected] Underpinned by sustainably growing cash dividends from quality companies we seek long term client account growth. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
