optgroups and Jaws

Hi All,

I've been doing some testing with Jaws 10 and IE7 and I'm surprised to discover that Jaws seems to ignore optgroup labels, e.g. 

           <select id="food" name="food">
                <optgroup label="Fruits">
                    <option value="1">Apples</option>
                    <option value="3">Bananas</option>
                    <option value="4">Peaches</option>
                    <option value="5">...</option>
                </optgroup>
                <optgroup label="Vegetables">
                    <option value="2">Carrots</option>
                    <option value="6">Cucumbers</option>
                 <option value="7">...</option>
             </optgroup>
         </select>
  
Jaws doesn't read the optgroup label. Am I missing something or is this correct behavior? Does anyone know of any work arounds?

Many thanks,
Phil Spencer.

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