User agent reliability for JAWS IE Screen reader compatibility

Shows how well JAWS IE supports ARIA and WCAG sufficient techniques. The Internet Explorer (IE) desktop application goes out of support on June 15, 2022, and will be removed by Windows Update for most Windows 10 users.

Latest version tested

JAWS 2019.1912.1 with IE11

• All tests: 99 pass of 115 tests (86%)
• ARIA tests: 36 pass of 42 tests (86%)
• WCAG tests: 72 pass of 83 tests (87%)

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-if tay-bill. Ray-day-oh.	Pronounced as English. Ignores xml:lang.
	applet with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for applet - no indication it exists
	embed with title attribute	Reading	Nothing	Nothing voiced for embed - video controls visible - no indication it exists
	object with fallback content	Reading	Start button. Stop button.	No description of non-text content
	object with title attribute	Reading	Start button. Stop button.	No description of non-text content
	object with aria-label attribute	Reading	Start button. Stop button.	No description of non-text content
	object with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	Start button. Stop button.	No description of non-text content
	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.
	fieldset containing links	Tabbing	Home, link. About, link. Contact, link.	Legend not read
	PDF18 Document with doc title	Reading	Slash SR_PDF_doc_title.pdf	Voices full URL

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.
	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 fallback content	Reading	Fallback content for applet
	applet with aria-label attribute	Reading	Aria label for applet
	applet with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is ARIA-LABELLEDBY text
	applet inside figure with figcaption element	Reading	Figure caption for applet
	embed inside figure with figcaption	Reading	Figure caption for embed
	embed with aria-label attribute	Reading	Aria label for embed
	embed with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is ARIA-LABELLEDBY text
	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	Example target. 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	Example target. Example hyperlink, link.
	button containing img with alt	Reading	This is image alt, button graphic
	button containing img with alt	Tabbing	This is image alt, button, to activate press space bar
	button containing img with title attribute	Reading	This is image title, button graphic
	button containing img with title attribute	Tabbing	This is image title, button, to activate press space bar
	button containing img with aria-label	Reading	This is image aria label, button graphic
	button containing img with aria-label	Tabbing	This is image aria label, button, to activate press space bar
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Reading	This is an aria labelled by, button graphic
	button containing img with aria-labelledby	Tabbing	This is an aria labelled by, button, to activate press space bar
	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 space bar
	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 space bar
	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 space bar
	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 space bar
	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 space bar
	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 space bar
	input type=text with aria-describedby attribute	Reading	First name. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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	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. 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.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Reading	Group start, I agree to terms and conditions. Yes, radio button checked. No, radio button not checked. Group end. Group start, sign me up to the newsletter. Yes radio button, checked. No radio button, not checked. Group end.
	Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element	Tabbing	I agree to terms and conditions, yes, radio button checked. Sign me up to the newsletter, yes, radio button checked.
	img with null alt	Reading	Nothing	Ignored as expected
	img with alt	Reading	This is alt text, graphic
	img with figcaption	Reading	Violet, taken on 12/11/2010
	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	This is alt text graphic. Image map link, this is left alt text. Image map link, this is right alt text
	area and img with alt attributes	Tabbing	This is left alt text, image map link. This is right alt text, image map link
	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	This is alt text graphic. Image map link, this is left title text. Image map link, this is right title text
	area with title attribute	Tabbing	This is left title text, image map link. This is right title text, image map link.
	area with aria-label attribute	Reading	This is alt text, graphic. Image map link, this is left aria label text. Image map link, this is right aria label text.
	area with aria-label attribute	Tabbing	This is left aria label text, image map link. This is right aria label text, image map link.
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Reading	This is alt text, graphic. Image map link, this is left aria labelled by text. Image map link, this is right aria labelled by text.
	area with aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	This is left aria labelled by text, image map link. This is right aria labelled by text, image map link.
	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, click here. This is an aria labelled by.
	Link text replaced by aria-labelledby attribute	Tabbing	This is an aria labelled by, link.	still displayed as 'Click Here' in List Links window.
	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.
	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.	Text in brackets is only spoken when Ctrl+Alt+Numpad+5 pressed.
	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 role=columnheader headers but no th	Reading	Table with two columns and two rows. Morning. Afternoon. Free. Busy.	Reads cell headers using Ctrl+Alt+5
	Data table with th cell headers	Reading	Table with two columns and two rows. Morning. Afternoon. Free. Busy.	Reads cell headers using Ctrl+Alt+5
	Data table with th scope on cell headers	Reading	Table with 5 columns and 4 rows. Contact information. Blank (column 1, row 1, 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.
	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). Blank (column 1, row 2, blank). 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, 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 Ctrl+Alt+Numpad+5 pressed.
	PDF9 Document with headings	Reading	Heading 1, heading level 1. Heading 1.2, heading level 2.
	PDF1 Image with alt text	Reading	This is alt text, graphic
	PDF4 Decorative image marked as artifact	Reading	Nothing	Image ignored as expected
	PDF16 Document default language set to French	Reading	Act-eef tab-le	Pronounced as French
	PDF19 Phrase language set to German	Reading	Rah-di-oh	Pronounced as German
	PDF6 Table with header markup	Reading	Table with 2 columns and 2 rows. Morning (column 1, row 1, morning). Afternoon (column 2, row 1, afternoon). Free (column 1, row 2, morning, free). Busy (column 2, row 2, afternoon, busy).
	PDF6 Table with header markup and alt text	Reading	Table with 2 columns and 2 rows. Morning (column 1, row 1, morning). Afternoon (column 2, row 1, afternoon). Free (column 1, row 2, morning, free). Busy (column 2, row 2, afternoon, busy).	Word Alt Text and Description not voiced