I used this demo grid in a local app to confirm that the JAWS screen reader tool reads the "Refresh" button followed by the "1 - 10 of 100 items" message upon the initial read of the page. It should read left to right ("1 - 10 of 100 items" followed by "Refresh"
<kendo-grid name="grid" height="700" navigatable="true" on-data-bound="onDataBound"> <datasource type="DataSourceTagHelperType.Ajax" page-size="20" server-operation="false" auto-sync="true" batch="true" on-error="error_handler"> <schema> <model id="ProductID"> <fields> <field name="ProductID" editable="false" type="number"></field> <field name="ProductName" type="string"></field> <field name="UnitPrice" type="number"></field> <field name="Discontinued" editable="false" type="boolean"></field> <field name="Category" default-value='new SandBoxApp.Models.CategoryViewModel() { CategoryID = 8, CategoryName = "Seafood" }'></field> <field name="CustomerRating" type="number"></field> <field name="Country" default-value='new SandBoxApp.Models.CountryViewModel() { CountryNameLong= "Bulgaria", CountryNameShort="bg" }'></field> <field name="UnitsInStock" type="number"></field> <field name="TotalSales" type="number" editable="false"></field> <field name="TargetSales" type="number" editable="false"></field> </fields> </model> </schema> <groups> <group field="Category.CategoryName" typeof="string" direction="desc"> <aggregates> <aggregate field="TotalSales" aggregate="sum" /> </aggregates> </group> </groups> <aggregates> <aggregate field="TotalSales" aggregate="sum" /> </aggregates> <transport> <read url="@Url.Action("DetailProducts_Read","Grid")"/> <update url="@Url.Action("DetailProducts_Update","Grid")"/> <create url="@Url.Action("DetailProducts_Create","Grid")"/> <destroy url="@Url.Action("DetailProducts_Destroy","Grid")"/> </transport> </datasource> <columns> <column width="75" selectable="true" header-html-attributes='new Dictionary<string,object> { ["class"] = "checkbox-align" }' html-attributes='new Dictionary<string,object> { ["class"] = "checkbox-align" }'/> <column field="ProductName" width="300" template="#=productNameTemplate(data)#"/> <column field="UnitPrice" title="Price" width="105" format="{0:c}"/> <column field="Discontinued" title="In Stock" width=" 130" template="<span id='badge_#=ProductID#' class='badgeTemplate'></span>"/> <column field="Category.CategoryName" title="Category" width="125" editor="categoryDropDownEditor" group-header-template="Category: #=data.value#, Total Sales: #=kendo.format('{0:c}', data.aggregates.TotalSales.sum)#"/> <column field="CustomerRating" title="Rating" width="200" editable="returnFalse"> <column-template> <kendo-rating name="rating_${data.ProductID}" min="1" max="5" data-bind="value: CustomerRating" selection="continuous"> <label enabled="false" /> </kendo-rating> </column-template> </column> <column field="Country.CountryNameLong" title="Country" width="120" template="#=countryTemplate(data)#" editor="clientCountryEditor"/> <column field="UnitsInStock" title="Units" width="105"/> <column field="TotalSales" title="Total Sales" width="140" format="{0:c}"/> <column field="TargetSales" title="Target Sales" editable="returnFalse" width="220" template="<span id='chart_#= ProductID#' class='sparkline-chart'></span>"/> <column width="120"> <commands> <column-command text="Delete" name="destroy"></column-command> </commands> </column> </columns> <toolbar> <toolbar-button name="excel"></toolbar-button> <toolbar-button name="pdf"></toolbar-button> <toolbar-button name="search"></toolbar-button> </toolbar> <pdf proxy-url="@Url.Action("Excel_Export_Save","Grid")"/> <excel proxy-url="@Url.Action("Excel_Export_Save","Grid")"/> <column-menu filterable="false" enabled="true"> </column-menu> <editable mode="incell"/> <pageable enabled="true" refresh="true"/> <sortable enabled="true"/> <resizable enabled="true" columns="true" /> <reorderable enabled="true"/> <groupable enabled="true"/> <filterable enabled="true"/> <scrollable enabled="true"/> </kendo-grid>