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

[Steve Jacobson]

Curtis,

I didn't see all of the emails in this thread, but does Speech on Demand stop this unwanted speech?  That used to be a temporary solution to quickly stop the announcements of who is entering or leaving.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


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Ok, I have the pro scripts, but there wasn't an update available, so I am on the latest version.  I finally got the noise to stop after I unchecked the box for help text and help balloons under Zoom's user verbosity settings in the JAWS configuration file for Zoom.
Sean


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

Dave



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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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