[NFBCS] Lately Zoom with JAWS 2026 are to verbose when announcing buttons and controls

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

I am getting all kinds of extraneous codes in Zoom Workplace for Government!

 

Dave

 

 

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong via NFBCS
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2026 10:47 AM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>
Subject: [NFBCS] Lately Zoom with JAWS 2026 are to verbose when announcing
buttons and controls

 

Greetings:

 

I believe I have a temporary fix for your problem short of having to
purchase scripts from Hartgen Consultancy.

 

Here is a procedure which assumes you are using JAWS without the Zoom Pro
scripts from Hartgen Consultancy.

 

1.	Get into the Zoom Workspace program, but do not start a meeting or
anything like that.
2.	Press the JAWSKEY along with the number 6 to bring up the JAWS
Settings Center. Tab once to focus on the Tree view.
3.	Arrow down in the Tree View until you reach JAWS Verbosity, which
should be reported by JAWS as being "closed."
4.	Press Right Arrow to open this.
5.	Arrow down once to hear what level is set for Speech Verbosity. For
most folks, this is stated as Beginner. Mine is set to Intermediate, but
that doesn't really matter.
6.	Arrow down once to Configure Verbosity Levels, which JAWS will
report as being "closed." Press Right Arrow to open this branch of the tree.
7.	Assuming you are at the Beginner verbosity level, Arrow down once to
hear "Beginner...".
8.	Do not press Enter on this. Press the Spacebar instead. You should
now be in a list of 24 items.
9.	Press the letter h to focus on Help Balloon, which JAWS will report
as being checked. Press Space to uncheck this.
10.	Tab to and activate OK for as many times as you need to in order to
exit JAWS Settings.

 

This should do the trick and save you lots of aggravation during your Zoom
meetings.

 

Cordially,

 

Curtis Chong

 

 

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