User agent reliability for JAWS Edge Screen reader compatibility

Shows how well JAWS Edge supports ARIA and WCAG sufficient techniques.

Latest version tested

JAWS 2022.2207.25 with Edge 105

• All tests: 98 pass of 118 tests (83%)
• ARIA tests: 35 pass of 42 tests (83%)
• WCAG tests: 70 pass of 86 tests (81%)

Reliability trend

Filter results: All testsARIA testsWCAG tests

Failing tests

	Test	Mode	What the user hears	Notes
	Page with xml:lang set on the html and p elements	Reading	Act-eef tab-le. Rad-yoh.	Pronounced as French, xml:lang ignored at element level.
	application/xhtml+xml page with mismatching lang and xml:lang on the html element	Reading	Ga-raj. Doo-ble. Damm. Un, zway, dray.	Speech pronounced as lang=fr, but CSS matches :lang(de) and German CSS content pronounced as French.
	embed with title attribute	Reading	Video start. Show more media controls, more options button menu. Video end.	Title not read, no description of non-text content.
	embed with aria-label attribute	Reading	Video start. Show more media controls, more options button menu. Video end.	Aria-label not read - no description of non-text content.
	embed with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Video start. Show more media controls, more options button menu. Video end.	Aria-labelledby not read - no description of non-text content.
	object with fallback content	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for fallback content displayed on screen - no indication it exists
	audio with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for audio - no indication it exists
	audio with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for audio - no indication it exists
	audio with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for audio - no indication it exists
	video with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for video - no indication it exists
	video with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for video - no indication it exists
	video with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for video - no indication it exists
	abbr with title	Reading	T L N	ABBR expansion ignored using default JAWS settings.
	Data table with role=columnheader headers but no th	Reading	Morning, afternoon. Free, busy.	Table treated as layout table - not announced as table, and no headers read.
	PDF9 Document with headings	Reading	Heading 1, heading level 2.	Only finds one heading, reads wrong heading level.
	PDF4 Decorative image marked as artifact	Reading	Unlabeled graphic.	Image not ignored as artifact
	PDF16 Document default language set to French	Reading	Act-if tay-bill	Pronounced as English, document language ignored
	PDF19 Phrase language set to German	Reading	Ray-day-oh	Pronounced as English, phrase language ignored
	PDF6 Table with header markup	Reading	Morning, afternoon. Free, busy.	No table structure voiced.
	PDF6 Table with header markup and alt text	Reading	Morning, afternoon. Free, busy.	No table structure voiced.

Passing tests

	Test	Mode	What the user hears	Notes
	Page with lang set on the html and p elements	Reading	Act-eef tab-le. Rah-di-oh.	Pronounced as French and German.
	text/html page with mismatching lang and xml:lang on the html element	Reading	Ga-raj. Doo-ble. Damm. Un, deux, trois.	Speech pronounced as lang=fr, and CSS matches :lang(fr).
	Match lang subtags	Reading	Dam-he. Dam-he. Dam-he.	All pronounced as German.
	ARIA role=heading	Heading	First level heading, heading level 1. Second level heading, heading level 2.
	Heading is img with alt	Heading	Second level alt, heading level 2, graphic.
	applet with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Edge has no applet support, and doesn't render applet on screen unless applet has fallback content
	applet with fallback content	Reading	Fallback content for applet
	applet with aria-label attribute	Reading	Nothing	Edge has no applet support, and doesn't render applet on screen unless applet has fallback content
	applet with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Nothing	Edge has no applet support, and doesn't render applet on screen unless applet has fallback content
	applet inside figure with figcaption element	Reading	Entering details, figure caption for applet, has details.
	embed inside figure with figcaption	Reading	Video start, has details. Show more media controls, more options button menu, has details. Video end, has details. Entering details, figure caption for embed, has details.
	object with title attribute	Reading	Title for object, graphic unavailable.
	object with aria-label attribute	Reading	ARIA label for object, graphic unavailable.
	object with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is ARIA-LABELLEDBY text, graphic unavailable.
	a element placeholder link with no event handler or href attribute	Reading	Placeholder text
	a element placeholder link with no event handler or href attribute	Tabbing	Nothing	Skipped when tabbing, as expected
	iframe with fallback content	Reading	This is an. Link example hyperlink. In the target page.	JAWS 15 reads out iframe fallback content, JAWS 16 and later no longer read this.
	iframe with fallback content	Tabbing	Frame, example hyperlink, link.	Fallback content is ignored
	iframe with title attribute	Reading	This is an. Link example hyperlink. In the target page.
	iframe with title attribute	Tabbing	This is an IFRAME title frame, example hyperlink, link.
	button containing img with alt	Reading	This is image alt, button
	button containing img with alt	Tabbing	This is image alt, button, to activate press enter
	button containing img with title attribute	Reading	This is image title, button
	button containing img with title attribute	Tabbing	This is image title, button, to activate press enter
	button containing img with aria-label	Reading	This is image aria label, button
	button containing img with aria-label	Tabbing	This is image aria label, button, to activate press enter
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Reading	This is an aria labelled by, button
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Tabbing	This is an aria labelled by, button, to activate press enter
	button with title containing img with null alt	Reading	This is button title, button
	button with title containing img with null alt	Tabbing	This is button title, button, to activate press enter
	button with aria-label containing img with null alt	Reading	This is button aria label, button
	button with aria-label containing img with null alt	Tabbing	This is button aria label, button, to activate press enter
	input type=image with alt	Reading	This is image button alt text, button
	input type=image with alt	Tabbing	This is image button alt text, button, to activate press enter
	input type=image with title attribute	Reading	This is image button title text, button
	input type=image with title attribute	Tabbing	This is image button title text, button, to activate press enter
	input type=image with aria-label attribute	Reading	This is image button aria label text, button
	input type=image with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	This is image button aria label text, button, to activate press enter
	input type=image with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is image button aria labelled by text, button
	input type=image with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	This is image button aria labelled by text, button, to activate press enter
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	First name. Blank, edit. A bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby.
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	First name, edit, a bit of instructions for this field linked with aria describedby, type in text
	input type=text with title attribute	Reading	Enter search text. Blank edit.
	input type=text with title attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, type in text
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Reading	Enter search text. Blank, edit.
	input type=text with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, type in text
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Enter search text. Enter search text. Blank, edit.
	input type=text with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, type in text
	input type=text with label for	Reading	Enter search text. Blank, edit.
	input type=text with label for	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, type in text
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Reading	Enter search text. Blank, edit.
	input type=text inside label with text before control	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, type in text
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Reading	Blank, edit. Enter search text.
	input type=text inside label with text after control	Tabbing	Enter search text, edit, type in text
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Reading	Enter search text. Blank, edit. Blanks not allowed.
	input type=text inside label with text before and after control	Tabbing	Enter search text, blanks not allowed, edit, type in text
	fieldset containing links	Reading	Group start, legend for enclosed links. Link home. Link about. Link contact. Group end.
	fieldset containing links	Tabbing	Legend for enclosed links group, home link. About link. Contact link.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Reading	Group start, I agree to terms and conditions. Yes, radio button checked, one of two. No, radio button not checked, two of two. Group end. Group start, sign me up to the newsletter. Yes, radio button checked, one of two. No, radio button not checked, two of two. Group end.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Tabbing	I agree to terms and conditions group, yes, radio button checked, one of two. Sign me up to the newsletter group, yes, radio button checked, one of two.
	img with null alt	Reading	Nothing	Ignored as expected
	img with alt	Reading	This is alt text, graphic
	img with figcaption	Reading	Entering details, Violet, taken on 12/11/2010, has details.
	img with title	Reading	This is title text, graphic
	img with aria-label	Reading	This is an aria label, graphic
	img with aria-labelledby	Reading	This is an aria labelled by, graphic. This is an aria labelled by
	area and img with alt attributes	Reading	Image map link graphic, this is left alt text. Image map link graphic, this is right alt text
	area and img with alt attributes	Tabbing	This is alt text image map, this is left alt text, image map link graphic. This is right alt text, image map link graphic
	area with alt attribute and img with null alt	Reading	Image map link, this is left alt text. Image map link, this is right alt text.
	area with alt attribute and img with null alt	Tabbing	This is left alt text, image map link. This is right alt text, image map link
	area with title attribute	Reading	Image map link graphic, this is left title text. Image map link graphic, this is right title text
	area with title attribute	Tabbing	This is alt text, image map, this is left title text, image map link graphic. This is right title text, image map link graphic.
	area with aria-label attribute	Reading	Image map link graphic, this is left aria label text. Image map link graphic, this is right aria label text.
	area with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	This is alt text, image map, this is left aria label text, image map link graphic. This is right aria label text, image map link graphic.
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Image map link graphic, this is left aria labelled by text. Image map link graphic, this is right aria labelled by text.
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	This is alt text, image map, this is left aria labelled by text, image map link graphic. This is right aria labelled by text, image map link graphic.
	Link containing img with alt	Reading	Link graphic, this is a link alt.
	Link containing img with alt	Tabbing	This is a link alt, link graphic.
	Link containing img with title	Reading	Link graphic, this is an image title
	Link containing img with title	Tabbing	This is an image title, link graphic
	Click Here link with title attribute	Reading	Link, click here
	Click Here link with title attribute	Tabbing	Click here, link, this is a link title
	Link text replaced by aria-label attribute	Reading	Link, this is an aria label
	Link text replaced by aria-label attribute	Tabbing	This is an aria label, link
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Link, this is an aria labelled by. This is an aria labelled by.
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	This is an aria labelled by, link.
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	Link, click here. This is an aria described by.
	Click Here link with aria-describedby attribute	Tabbing	Click here, link, this is an aria described by.	aria-describedby is read when tabbing
	Layout table with single cell	Reading	This is some text.	Treated as a layout table.
	Layout table with role=presentation	Reading	Example. Navigation. Links. Content.	Table treated as layout table - not announced as table.
	Data table with role=grid	Reading	Grid with two columns and two rows. Morning (column one, row one, morning). Afternoon (column two, row one, morning, afternoon). Free (column one, row two, morning, free). Busy (column two, row two, afternoon, busy). Grid end.	Reads cell headers when using table navigation commands.
	Data table with summary and th	Reading	Summary colon, data table summary. Table with two columns and two rows. Morning (column one, row one, morning). Afternoon (column two, row one, afternoon). Free (column one, row two, morning, free). Busy (column two, row two, afternoon, busy).
	Data table with caption and th	Reading	Table with two columns and two rows. Data table caption. Morning (column one, row one, morning). Afternoon (column two, row one, afternoon). Free (column one, row two, morning, free). Busy (column two, row two, afternoon, busy).
	Data table with th cell headers	Reading	Table with two columns and two rows. Morning. Afternoon. Free. Busy.	Reads cell headers when using table navigation commands
	Data table with th scope on cell headers	Reading	Table with 5 columns and 4 rows. Contact information. Blank (column 1, row 1, blank). Blank. Name (column 2, row 1, name). Phone number (column 3, row 1, phone number). Fax number (column 4, row 1, fax number). City (column 5, row 1, city). One (column 1, row 2, one). Joel Garner (column 2, row 2, name, Joel Garner). 412-212-5421 (column 3, row 2, phone number, Joel Garner, 412-212-5421). 412-212-5400 (column 4, row 2, fax number, Joel Garner, 412-212-5400). Pittsburgh (column 5, row 2, city, Joel Garner, Pittsburgh)	Row header read out along with column header for cells when using table navigation commands.
	Data table with td headers attribute	Reading	Table with 7 columns and 3 rows. Homework (column 1, row 1, homework). Exams (column 2, row 1, exams, spans 3 columns). Projects (column 3, row 1, projects, spans 3 columns). Homework (column 1, row 2, homework). One (column 1, row 2, exams, one). Two (column 3, row 2, exams, two). Final (column 4, row 2, exams, final). One (column 5, row 2, projects, one). Two (column 6, row 2, projects, two). Final (column 7, row 2, projects, final). Fifteen percent (column 1, row 3, homework homework, fifteen percent). Fifteen percent (column 2, row 3, exams one, fifteen percent). Fifteen percent (column 3, row 3, exams two, fifteen percent). Twenty percent (column 4, row 3, exams final, twenty percent). Ten percent (column 5, row 3, projects one, ten percent). Ten percent (column 6, row 3, projects two, ten percent). Fifteen percent (column 7, row 3, projects final, fifteen percent).	Headers associated with the cell read out when using table navigation commands.
	PDF18 Document with doc title	Reading	This is document title
	PDF1 Image with alt text	Reading	This is alt text.