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RE: Table Column Headings

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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Nov 3, 2003 7:49AM

Recent tests with screen readers have shown that if you hide content (using
either visibility: hidden or display:none), screen readers don't read it.
One person on another accessibility discussion hid content by making the
color of the text the same as the color of the background and reported that
it was read by screen readers.

However, there is another issue - if the header content is useful to those
who use screen readers, why is it not useful to the rest of us? I suggest
that you use headers for everyone.

Jules

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Julian Rickards
Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publications Services Section
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Phone: (705) 670-5608
Fax: (705) 670-5690


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Harshbarger [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>
> Is there a way to hide a table's header row so that it is not
> visible in the
> browser, but so that screen readers will still speak the header row
> information?


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