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Further Reading

For more information on JAWS scripting and resources I have used to generate this manual, refer to the following resources:

(Scientific, 2010) (Scientific, 2010) (Scientific, 2019) (Scientific, 2023) (Scientific, 2023) (Scientific, 2018) (Springer, 2004) (Software, 2010) (Community, 2019) (Mazrui, 2015) (Roth, 2021) (Gould, 2000) (JAWS Basics of Scripting, n.d.) (Freedom Scientific Developmer Network, n.d.) (JAWS Documentation – UIA Script API, n.d.) (Learn JAWS Scripting from Scratch, 2024) (Learn JAWS Scripting from Scratch, 2015) (Scientific, 2010) (Scientific, 2017) (Scientific, 2023) (Scientific, 2015) (Scientific, 2010) (Scientific, 2010) (Microsoft, 2005) (Microsoft, 1994) (Linux Foundation & GNOME Foundation, 2003) (W3C, 2021) (Campbell, 2019) (RaisedBar Ltd, 2020) (Bilkhu, 2018) (Lee, 2010) (Lee, 2023) (Snowman Radio, 2015) (Snowman Radio, 2015) (Snowman Radio, 2016) (BeastlyTheos, 2018) (Lee, 2012) (Configure JAWS Screen Reader Support, 2023)

Chapter References
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Bilkhu, M. (2018, ). JAWS Scripts for Notepad++. https://github.com/munawarb/JAWS-NotepadPP-Scripts
Campbell, G. (2019, ). JAWS Script for Audacity. https://github.com/campg2j003/JAWS-Script-for-Audacity
Community, S. O. (2019, ). Will a JAWS Script Override a Screen Reader's Ability to Read the DOM?. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55282319/will-a-JAWS-script-override-a-screen-readers-ability-to-read-the-dom
Gould, K. (2000). Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Writing JAWS Scripts, But Didn't Know Whom to Ask. Freedom Scientific, Inc.
Lee, D. (2012, ). Common JAWS Script Code Patterns. https://www.dlee.org/code_common.htm
Lee, D. (2023, ). Doug Lee's Accessibility Projects. https://www.dlee.org/#projects
Lee, D. (2010, ). The Script Economy. https://www.dlee.org/script_econ.htm
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Mazrui, J. (2015, ). JAWS Scripts. https://github.com/jamalmazrui/JAWS_Scripts
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Scientific, F. (2017, ). JAWS ARIA Role Support. https://freedomscientific.github.io/standards-support/aria.html
Scientific, F. (2010). JAWS Support for ARIA. https://support.freedomscientific.com/Content/Documents/Other/JAWS-ARIA-Support.doc
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