A bunch of questions:
What version of JAWS?
Do you have the JAWS scripts installed? (http://www.adobe.com/macromedia/accessibility/features/flex/jaws.html)
Try hitting ins+f5 - is your info in this
list?
Do you know about forms mode and virtual PC cursor mode in
JAWS? You will get some different information out of the controls in each
mode. To enter forms mode, navigate to the textinput and hit enter - jaws
will say "Forms mode on".
Background info:
Virtual PC cursor mode is when JAWS navigates through the
off-screen model that it constructs for its own purposes. when in this
mode (this is the mode that users are in when they enter a page) JAWS listens to
the keypresses made by the user, acts on some of them and passes some on to the
browser/player (this is a bit of a simplification). JAWS uses many
keystrokes - "f" is used by JAWS to move the virtual focus to the next form
control, right arrow reads the next character, down arrow reads the next line,
etc. If a user wants to enter text into a control such as a textInput, or
use arrow keys to switch the active tab in a tabnavigator, they need to be in
forms mode.
Forms mode allows user keystrokes to pass through to the
player/browser. Additional navigation of the content (e.g. reading line by
line through non-focusable objects) is not possible, and the user's interaction
model is basically identical to that of a keyboard-only user.
let me know if this helps,
AWK
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