Working with JAWS

If you are using JAWS® Screen Reading Software, Oracle recommends using the Google Chrome browser.

Note the following considerations while using JAWS:

• Sometimes, JAWS may not read button attributes when you navigate to them using the Tab key. A workaround is to tab to the next element and press Shift+Tab to navigate back to the button. This time, JAWS reads out the button's attributes properly.
• When reading a dialog box (for example, Mass Allocate or Grid Spread), JAWS repeats the title of the dialog box twice, if the dialog box is cancelled or closed and launched again.
• When scrolling through a list of items in a panel (for example, Business Rules panel), as you reach the last visible item before the scroll and JAWS continues to read the next item, the focus outline goes outside the panel without scrolling and displaying the next item being read by JAWS.
• JAWS provides arrow key navigation through which a virtual cursor moves without disturbing the actual keyboard focus. However, when using JAWS in Chrome, the virtual focus of JAWS conflicts with the actual keyboard focus. Due to this, members cannot be selected from search results or from a list. As a workaround, JAWS recommends disabling the virtual cursor on Chrome using INSERT+Z.