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Re: 'Alternate Text' property in data tables

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From: Devarshi Pant
Date: Jul 9, 2014 8:28AM

Hi Priti,

Thanks for the update on NVDA. Yes, it seems odd to arrow up in order to
read the caption when using jaws -- not sure how many users would be aware
of this.

Devarshi
On Jul 9, 2014 3:35 AM, "Priti Rohra" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Devarshi,
>
> I am not sure about support for table summary in Jaws 15 but NVDA
> supports PDF table summaries since its 2012 update!
> Also NVDA reads the caption for tables. Press the quick nav key "T"
> and NVDA will read the summary/Caption provided for a table.
>
> On an another note, Jaws does read table captions when you press Up
> arrow after jumping to a table by pressing T, surely not a ideal
> method though.
>
> Always BPositive!
> Priti Rohra
>
> On 7/8/14, Devarshi Pant < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > "I think what you are aiming at is the table @summary which can be set in
> > the table editor. Support for AT is likely to be inconsistent though
> with
> > summary."
> >
> >>> Yes Jon, I am expecting PDF table summaries to be picked up by JAWS as
> > they are in web. It seems adobe is providing the hook here (via the
> summary
> > attribute?), but jaws does not seem to detect it. Not sure if this will
> be
> > accomplished with adobe 11 / jaws 15 or later versions.
> >
> > I also experimented using an empty caption tag with an alternate text
> after
> > the <table> and it was read when listing all the tables (Ins + Ctrl + T)
> --
> > though not perfect, it seems to work. Ideally, I would like to navigate
> to
> > every table and hear the summary by using the table quick key.
> >
> > Devarshi
> >> In PDF, what is the significance of the 'Alternate Text' property
> >
> > The property is simply available for all elements. Practically speaking
> the
> > actualText property should be used as replacement text Luke Olaf said but
> > it would replace the whole table's contents. I think what you are aiming
> > at is the table @summary which can be set in the table editor. Support
> for
> > AT is likely to be inconsistent though with summary.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >> On Jul 7, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Devarshi Pant < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all - In PDF, what is the significance of the 'Alternate Text'
> >> property
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >