This is what Microsoft has to say about IE 9 beta and accessibility technology. Suggest you read all notes on IE 9 beta at microsoft.com before you install it with JAWS. This is from Microsoft.com web information. Internet Explorer 9 Beta and Assistive Technology At this time Internet Explorer 9 is not fully functional with some Assistive Technology.
Web pages appear blank when using screen review commands such as the JAWS cursor or Window-Eyes Mouse Pointer. This is caused by the use Direct2D for rendering. There is no workaround at this time, but the Internet Explorer team is working with Assistive Technology vendors to resolve this issue. Font Smoothing from screen magnifiers such as ZoomText no longer works in Internet Explorer 9. Magnification still works, but font smoothing does not. There is no workaround for this issue. Text in edit boxes is unable to be edited when using Window-Eyes screen reader. Text within edit boxes cannot be read by Window-Eyes when Browse Mode is off. There is no workaround at this time but we are working with GW Micro to resolve this issue. Problems reading web content using JAWS Virtual PC mode. When reading web content using JAWS Virtual PC mode, there are two issues you might notice. One issue is that some webpage content and some form controls such as radio buttons or check boxes are missing. The other issue you might see is multiple blank lines and space characters when reading webpages. Using Compatibility View can resolve the issue. To turn on Compatibility View, press Alt+D and tab to the Compatibility View button, or press Alt+T, v from the Internet Explorer menus. Notification Bar popups are not read by all Assistive Technology software. The new Internet Explorer 9 Notification bar replaces the Internet Explorer 8 Information Bar. Many notifications are available in the notification bar including downloads, blocked popups, password manager, and add-on notifications. Not all Assistive Technology are able to detect that a notification bar is present, or read the bar if focus is placed in it. As a partial workaround, you can turn on Internet Explorer sounds to get notified that a notification bar is present (Tools Menu - Internet Options - Advanced - check Play System sounds). To place focus in the notification bar please press Alt+N. Internet Explorer Sounds are off by Default Sounds have been turned off in Internet Explorer9. You can turn them back on by going to Tools Menu - Internet Options - Advanced - check Play System sounds. Hotkey changes A few hotkeys have changed in Internet Explorer 9: a.. Ctrl+J now will open the Internet Explorer download manager instead of opening feeds. You can open feeds in Internet Explorer 9 with Ctrl+G. b.. Ctrl+E now places focus in the address bar because the search box has been combined with the address bar. When you press Ctrl+E, focus is placed in the address bar with a question mark and space already populated for you. You can search from the Internet Explorer 9 address bar the same way you searched from the Internet Explorer 8 search box with the exception that in Internet Explorer 9 beta you can’t change the search provider as is described below in Issue 589118. Site Mode and Pinning When a site is pinned to the taskbar, the site icon is displayed at top-left region of the frame, clearly indicating the site’s presence. If the icon is Holger Fiallo Kind Regard For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
