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Re: Reading tables in JAWS

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Feb 4, 2014 4:09PM

On 4 Feb 2014, at 23:59, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Anyone that just uses the arrow keys or the tab keys will never be able to successfully use and navigate tables using a screen reader.

why is that? Aren't arrow keys a good default method to walk through a table?

It would be a matter of setting user preferences to control how much accompanying information - on top of the cell's content - would be presented (like type of cell, applicable header cells, etc.)

Olaf