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Re: Data in tables or lists with accessibility andresponsivedesign in mind

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From: Lynn Wehrman
Date: Feb 10, 2014 8:52AM

Our testers with sight-related disabilities who use screen readers find many tables inaccessible. Are there pointers that anyone can provide to create table-based format that is more accessible to these devices?

Warm Regards,

Lynn Wehrman
President & Test Management Team Director
theweco.com 855-849-5050 x705 <EMAIL REMOVED>

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > on behalf of Léonie Watson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 9:32 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Data in tables or lists with accessibility and responsive design in mind

Ben Jarlett wrote:
"I wish to do this using accessible best practice, but also would like to
avoid using tables because I'd like to keep the site responsive
(mobile/tablet/desktop) - and although you can create accessible tables and
responsive tables I'm not sure that you can have a responsive and accessible
table."

For a simple table like this, it's possible both are achievable. The catch
may be whether all three columns can be displayed at smaller screen sizes
and/or whether all content is readable at that point?


Léonie.