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Then you should pitch that. Or, if you are comfortable writing the code, you can file a PR:
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda
NVDA is a free and open source screen reader, so community contributions are pretty much how it works.
You can also contribute to Orca:
https://github.com/GNOME/orca
Improvements to those screen readers put pressure on those from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Freedom Scientific.