JAWS Scripting
Let the Experts Handle Your JAWS Scripting Needs Across Platforms
Websites
We script websites for the end-user to use those sites at work, however, the site itself should be accessible to all visitors, as the JAWS Scripts only run locally
Web Applications
Make sure your applications provide a great user experience for JAWS screen readers
Kiosks/Applications
Screen reader accessibility may be a legal requirement. Ensure all users, even those with a visual impairment, can successfully use your application
Employee/HR Systems
Ensure employees have access to critical systems necessary for their employment
Customize your users’ JAWS experience with your product
Stop worrying about an inconsistent JAWS experience for screen reader users. JAWS Scripting enables you to control the user experience with predetermined interactions, resulting in best-in-class accommodation.
What is JAWS Scripting?
JAWS Scripts are lines of code that cause JAWS to behave in specific ways.
Such behaviors may include reading a particular portion of the screen, allowing for navigability to an area of the screen using a keyboard, and allowing for specific actions to be taken by the keyboard user to perform individual tasks.
Various portions of the screen may be read while these actions are occurring, enhancing productivity and efficient task completion within educational, vocational, and community settings. Scripts are saved in a script file that is associated with the application that has been scripted. When the application is launched, these scripts are activated for the JAWS user.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Requires reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities. JAWS Scripting can assist schools to achieve this.
Your JAWS users will thank you with their loyalty
Customers, students, employees, and all JAWS users will appreciate the smooth effortless experience with your website, app, or kiosk.
Why Partner With TPGi on Your Next JAWS Screen Reader Project
Invaluable Partnerships
TPGi’ has a unique relationship with the engineers and product teams that actually created and manage the JAWS screen reader software
Unrivaled Knowledge
Our familiarity with the application, underlying codebase, and techniques for creating clean and scalable code is unparalleled
Dedicated Professionalism
Our accessible development methodologies and testing ensure that your project will achieve your objectives
JAWS Scripting Four-Step Process
During the assessment phase, the JAWS scripter assesses the current environment where the application resides. They work in conjunction with the impacted end-user to get a sense of the user’s expectations and task-specific needs that the application currently fails to meet. The scripter then drafts a plan — based on a level of effort to achieve the end user’s goals — that outlines the projected number of hours required to develop, test, and deploy scripts. The end-user’s current screen reading capabilities are also evaluated and recommended end-user training may also be proposed.
In this phase the JAWS scripter develops scripts to modify JAWS to accommodate the accessibility shortfalls discovered within the application. JAWS Scripts do not make an application “accessible”; rather, they modify assistive technologies to provide an accessible user experience for users of JAWS for Windows.
Prior to the deployment of the scripts, the JAWS scripter will test and involve the end-user in testing the functionality of the scripts. If UAT goes smoothly, all scripts and accompanying documentation are delivered to stakeholders. A report outlining work performed is also delivered.
In specific engagements where changes are expected to be made for the application utilizing the JAWS Scripts, the purchaser may wish to acquire sustainment services over a period of time. These services allow for modifications to scripts to be made if changes to the offending program break current script functionality.
Companion Accessibility Testing Tools
JAWS Inspect
Simulate the JAWS user experience across your digital properties for screen reader testing
ARC Toolkit
Professional-level accessibility testing chrome extension for testing individual pages on-demand
Color Contrast Checker
Easily determine the contrast ratio of the two colors. Compliance indicators for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1