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Re: JAWS 9 and the Layout Table Algorithm

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From: Moore, Michael
Date: Mar 13, 2008 11:10AM

Is JAWS not announcing the table at all, or is it just not announcing
row and column headers? On my system, which is configured for JAWS not
to announce layout tables, JAWS will announce any table that includes TH
elements. I can also navigate to those tables using the "t" key.

Mike

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Tim
Harshbarger
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:46 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] JAWS 9 and the Layout Table Algorithm

Does anyone know how JAWS 9 determines if a table is a layout or data
table?

I seem to be looking at a HTML table with 2 columns and 3 rows that JAWS
thinks is a layout table, although the author intends it to be a data
table. It looks like all the cells have content of some type.

Thanks!
Tim