JAWS Forms Mode, read text in div
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I'm trying to make my database accessible to blind users and am predictably having a lot of trouble.

I've found that adding role='application', and immediately putting JAWS into forms mode makes the tabbing and behavior of my site a lot more predictable.  However, I can't figure out how to get it to read simple text.

For example.  Let's say I have a form that looks like this

First Name:
Last Name:

In this next section, make sure you do XYZ when filling things out...

Question 1:
Question 2:
Question 3:

[submit]

How do I make it so the line "In this next section, make sure..." gets read by the screen reader?

(I've tried <span tabindex='0'>the text</span> but the screen reader just states that the span exists but doesn't actually read it.)