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Re: Tagging Tables in Adobe Acrobat Format

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From: Diane Boettcher
Date: Jul 9, 2002 4:06PM

--- "Zwack, Melanie" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> When I tag a table, the screen reader (such as Jaws)
> does not announce that
> the element is a Table Column Header, Table Row
> Header, or Table Data
> Element.

My understanding is that none of the screen readers
currently support the table reader as outlined in 508.
The intention is to prompt industry to build readers
that will use the (soon-to-be) widely implemented code
for tables.

At least that's what was mentioned at a seminar I
attended recently.

Best, Diane

====Diane Boettcher
<EMAIL REMOVED>
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