hi, totally blind using the jaws for windows 2026 screen reader. windows 11 pro. google chrome, and now having an issue, not passing step 9 of the quincy job tips project. i dont have a numeric keypad and just a regular laptop keyboard. if i then try to use alt 0151 does not work and so did try &mdsha; and then the text but not passing, have reset the lesson, have done a hard refresh, but not passing. then did rewrite the line of code, two or three times, then just tried copying and pasting again. so, why is it not passing? and just frustrated. so stuck. and my jaws does have the insert 4 to bring up a list of characters in the list like for html, or word press the &c copyright symbol. so why is it not passing? can any one help me out. test with jaws,nvda or windows narrator. and cannot get the correct symblol m to then go in the text. so have tried a few times. so can any one help me out? why is it not passing? is it my code the line i will then paste below and the link to the step. thank you.
marvin.
ps: pasting my one line of code below.
\-<p>—Quincy Larson, How to Learn to Code and Get a Developer Job [Full Book].</
Hi there. I think you have you might wanna reset the challenge.
There’s a few minor issues. The first isn’t necessarily your fault. I do wonder what we can do to make it easier for you though.
You have an opening paragraph tag which is good. Only you have a backslash and dash in front of it. Once you get rid of them, you will be in slightly better shape.
The next problem is one both blind and sighted users make. Adding a full stop character when one isn’t part of the text you need to add. People also refer to full stops as periods.
Lastly you need a closing paragraph tag. You’re close but not quite there.
Here is what a closing paragraph tag looks like. You’re close but not quite right.
Thank you for reaching out, and I’m sorry for the frustration this is causing. I want to make sure the instructions work properly with JAWS.
As a2937 has pointed out one of the problems is with the period at the end of the instruction. In Step 9, the instruction reads:
Below the block quotation element, add a paragraph element with the text —Quincy Larson, How to Learn to Code and Get a Developer Job [Full Book].
The text you need to add is:
—Quincy Larson, How to Learn to Code and Get a Developer Job [Full Book]
There should be NO period at the end of the added text.
In the instruction the period after the closing backtick is just punctuation that ends the instruction sentence—it’s not part of the code. However, I can see from your pasted code that you included a period, which would cause the test to fail.
My Question for You
When JAWS reads this instruction aloud, can you tell where the code formatting (the text in backticks) ends and where the regular sentence punctuation begins? Does JAWS announce or indicate the backticks in a way that makes it clear the period is outside the formatted text?
This feedback will help me write clearer instructions for screen reader users.
Thank you for your patience, and please let me know what JAWS tells you.