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From: Robinson, Norman B
Date: Dec 12, 2007 4:00PM


That is the information I was after: you are referencing a textual
sentence and not the behavior from an actual layout table.

In that case, there isn't much you can do, as each assistive technology
will use the accessibility API and the information passed differently.
It will also be spoken differently depending on the narration
software/engine itself.

I'd suggest rewording or rechunking your information. "The following
table is used for layout. It has two rows for Student A and Student B
and three columns, containing their first, second, and third grades for
the semester." or something similar.

And I'll close with a comment that if you are passing the words through
the API to simulate assistive technology - obtain the assistive
technologies and test instead. Sorry, it is just that I have no clue to
what you are doing - best of luck though!

Regards,

Norman B. Robinson