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Re: Does Mac Voiceover not read table captions?

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Apr 7, 2015 12:08PM

Yes VO OS X and iOS read data table <caption> elements. Use the Table Quick Navigation Commands VO+Command+t or the rotor VO+U.

Now the rest of the story for VoiceOver Data Table Accessibility is bad though.

http://pauljadam.com/demos/tableA11yTest.html


Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com <http://www.deque.com/>;
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 6:20 AM, Carin Headrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> This is the part where I readily admit I don't use a mac every day so I could just be woefully inadequate at using Voiceover.
>
> I was doing some testing, and noticed that Voiceover would never read the table caption like JAWS or NVDA do. Sometimes, this caption explains what the heck is in the table. Is there a way to make Voiceover find it? Or, *gasp*, does it not even know how to find it?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Carin
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