Working with Screen Readers in Smart View for Office

Review the guidelines and considerations noted in the following topics when working with screen readers in Oracle Smart View for Office:

JAWS

If you are using JAWS® Screen Reading Software, note the following for Smart View:

You must enable JAWS to read ListView headers, as described in Enabling JAWS to Read ListView Headers .
In Excel, when a dialog is launched directly from a button on an add-in ribbon (such as the Smart View ribbon or the Planning Ad Hoc ribbon), JAWS reads the location and content of the selected cell before reading the dialog content. An example of this is when launching the Options dialog box from the Smart View ribbon. The selected cell’s location and content is read before the Options dialog content. When a dialog is launched using a drop-down menu on a ribbon button, the dialog content is read directly (and not the selected cell’s location or content). An example of this is the Build Function command in Functions drop-down menu on the Smart View ribbon. After selecting the Build Function command, the content of the Select Function dialog is immediately read.
To read all column headers in a dialog, use the Insert + B access key.
When JAWS is active and focus is on the Smart View Panel, closing Excel may prevent Smart View from exiting, as JAWS retains the focus. Shifting focus away from the Smart View Panel (for example, by opening a dialog such as Sheet Info or by refreshing) allows Excel to close normally. This issue is inconsistent; for example, this issue does not occur on Windows Narrator.