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From: Langum, Michael J
Date: Sep 23, 2010 9:45AM

I have created a page to test alternate ways of coding a complex data table. In one case I use "scope" attributes. In the second case, I use "id" and "headers" attributes. The page is at http://www.opm.gov/_mike/jaws-test/tabledemo.asp. I wanted to compare the way JAWS provides column and row header information in these two constructions.

When I asked a friend who is a JAWS user to test the page, JAWS did not voice any of the column and row heads. It has always been my understanding that when JAWS navigates from data cell to data cell, it would voice the column or row head value that changed before it voiced the value of data cell. Am I misinformed about how JAWS handles column and row heads?

Can someone look at the code, and tell me why JAWS did not voice the values of the column and row heads


-- Mike