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Re: Screen Reader accessible Javascript spreadsheet implementation?

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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Dec 30, 2016 2:08AM

Hello,
No, I use Javascript and Node.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 9:19 AM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Do you use ASP.NET? If so, did you try to import the Excel module into
> your project and test to see if it can be used since JAWS is accessible
> with it?
>
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Screen Reader accessible Javascript spreadsheet
> implementation?
>
> Hello,
> Does anyone know of a screen reader accessible spreadsheet? I would like
> to create a front-end for editing DB data and I need it to be accessible
> with a screen reader.
> I have been building one myself, but I am realizing a quality spreadsheet
> is a little beyond my coding abilities currently.
>
> I have looked at around 20 open source spreadsheets and none were even
> remotely usable.
>
> I need something that will allow me to insert data, put headers in (maybe
> with the option to order the headers and rename headers), hide or not
> display some of the objects (so I can keep their ids without showing them),
> create editable and non editable cells (mixing editable and non editable in
> the same row), render with cells that are not in the db (although I can do
> this pretty easy with a preprocessor of the data) and have the data
> exported as a json list (possibly with only the edited cells).
> I would really prefer something that feels like google sheets, but allows
> the programmer more control, allows the use of es6 and is not so slow. I
> don't need any of the formula, colaberation or filter functionality as I
> can do that myself, but just the items I said above.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;
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