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Re: Problem with JAWS Table Navigation?

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From: Margit Link-Rodrigue
Date: Dec 3, 2009 10:03AM

Except that NVDA doesn't handle data tables well at all. There is no way to
announce the header text for a cell from within that cell. Isn't this one of
the more crucial features for navigating data tables?

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Chris Hoffman wrote:
>
> I find it interesting (in a depressing way) that we spend so much time
> focusing in advanced accessibility with ARIA, etc. when we can't get
> commercial AT to recognize even very basic accessibility properties in
> HTML. Viva la NVDA!!!
>
> Jared
>