![]() ![]() In general, if you find that commands you are familiar with do not work in Edge, or the experience is poor, your best bet is to switch internet browsers to Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox.Freedom Scientific recently released the JAWS Training Bundle, a collection of over 50 hours of audio training resources aimed at the brand-new JAWS user and those who may need a refresher course. You can find some instructions on these steps at the link here: Īs far as your last question about reading graphs using JAWS, I am not familiar with using JAWS for this purpose so I am sorry I can't help you here. If it is an image, then JAWS has an OCR function that you can use to recognize the text in the file. Opening with Chrome would likely be even more accessible for you.įurthermore, do you know if your PDF is "high-quality" and accessible, or is it an image? If it is high-quality, you should be able to read it well within Adobe Reader. I would highly recommend using a dedicated PDF reader like Adobe Reader (free) to access your PDF, as it has a number of accessibility settings designed to help screen readers out. ![]() JAWS 2018 theoretically should provide functional access to Edge, but I am not confident in its ability to provide a smooth Screen Reader experience to PDFs. Information on how to use Microsoft Edge can be found here. Organized by tasks, step-by-step instructions are provided along with useful shortcut keys. The NV Access article, Microsoft Edge 2 years in: Where are we at for accessibility? Provides detailed background information about the accessibility of Edge, current accessibility and tips for the best user experience.Īccessibility Central provides instruction on how to use the Microsoft Edge browser with the NVDA screen reader. NV Access is also committed to ensuring that NVDA will be fully compatible with Edge. Here is their first blog post, Inside the JAWS 2018 betas: Living on the Edge. Keep up-to-date on the progress of JAWS' accessibility with Edge and/or become a JAWS beta tester and provide feedback through Freedom Scientific's blog. Edge is a smaller, more streamlined browser.Īccording to Freedom Scientific, JAWS 2018 beta is working hard to be fully compatible with Edge. Internet Explorer was released with Windows 95 and has been Microsoft's browser for two decades. Edge is included in Windows 10 and is replacing Internet Explorer as the default web browser on all Microsoft devices. Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft. ![]()
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