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Thanks, Doug and Curtis for your suggestions for your information. I am currently using the jaws pro scripts. I got these at some point back when I wanted to have the ability to toggle alerts off I think they might have finally migrated that to main jaws functionality
either way, there is a configuration line of for help balloon and I didnt know that affected this I was looking for control ID because that was the text I was hearing thank you so much and Ill try this suggestion.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> on behalf of Doug Lee via NFBCS <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 26, 2026 12:13:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBCS] Lately Zoom with JAWS 2026 are to verbose when announcing buttons and controls</font>
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<div class="PlainText">This approach makes sense. I rarely use Zoom, but I saw this issue last<br>
week and realized that the unwanted text is assigned to the UIA Help and<br>
MSAA AccHelp properties of accessibility elements in the Zoom<br>
accessibility trees. Glad to hear this should be fixed internally at<br>
some point.<br>
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 09:47:22AM -0700, Curtis Chong via NFBCS wrote:<br>
Greetings:<br>
<br>
<br>
I believe I have a temporary fix for your problem short of having to<br>
purchase scripts from Hartgen Consultancy.<br>
<br>
<br>
Here is a procedure which assumes you are using JAWS without the Zoom<br>
Pro scripts from Hartgen Consultancy.<br>
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<br>
1. Get into the Zoom Workspace program, but do not start a meeting or<br>
anything like that.<br>
2. Press the JAWSKEY along with the number 6 to bring up the JAWS<br>
Settings Center. Tab once to focus on the Tree view.<br>
3. Arrow down in the Tree View until you reach JAWS Verbosity, which<br>
should be reported by JAWS as being closed.<br>
4. Press Right Arrow to open this.<br>
5. Arrow down once to hear what level is set for Speech Verbosity. For<br>
most folks, this is stated as Beginner. Mine is set to<br>
Intermediate, but that doesnt really matter.<br>
6. Arrow down once to Configure Verbosity Levels, which JAWS will<br>
report as being closed. Press Right Arrow to open this branch of<br>
the tree.<br>
7. Assuming you are at the Beginner verbosity level, Arrow down once<br>
to hear Beginner....<br>
8. Do not press Enter on this. Press the Spacebar instead. You should<br>
now be in a list of 24 items.<br>
9. Press the letter h to focus on Help Balloon, which JAWS will report<br>
as being checked. Press Space to uncheck this.<br>
10. Tab to and activate OK for as many times as you need to in order to<br>
exit JAWS Settings.<br>
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<br>
This should do the trick and save you lots of aggravation during your<br>
Zoom meetings.<br>
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<br>
Cordially,<br>
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<br>
Curtis Chong<br>
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-- <br>
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org <a href="http://www.dlee.org">
http://www.dlee.org</a><br>
"When your best-laid plans have turned to dust, vacuum!"<br>
- Whoopi Goldberg <br>
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