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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Jun 21, 2019 8:34AM

Hi,

Adding a summary to a layout table will cause screenreaders to think
it's a data table, so it's not a good idea. Also the summary attribute
is deprecated in HTML5.

You could use aria-labelledby, something like this:

<table>
<tr>
<td id="cc">Corrected Case</td>
<td>
<input aria-labelledby="cc cc_yes" type="radio" name=xyz.abc"
id="abc-tru" value="true">
<span id="cc_yes">Yes</span>
</td>
<td>
<input aria-labelledby="cc cc_no" type="radio" name=xyz.abc"
id="abc-false" value="false">
<span id="cc_no">No</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Cheers, Isabel

On 19/06/2019, UYEN THAI via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have one this scenario that i do not know how to code complaint with JAWS
> - the text before the radio buttons "Corrected Case"??And they put them (the
> form) inside the layout table.
>
> This is for example:
> <table summary ="layout table">
> <tbody>
> <tr>
> <th>Corrected Case</th>
> <td><input type="radio" name=xyz.abc" id="abc-tru" value="true">
> <label for ="abc-true">Yes</label>
> <td>...</td>
> </tr>
> </tbody>
> </table>
>
> Please let me know how to make the text before Yes/No read by JAWS.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Uyen
>
>> On Jun 19, 2019, at 6:27 AM, Karlen Communications
>> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>> Duff:
>>
>> I've started documenting some of the "crappy" tagging we're seeing from
>> all applications:
>> https://www.karlencommunications.com/DocumentRemediation.htm
>>
>> I'll send you as many examples as you need. Am currently working on how
>> Footnotes/Endnotes are being lumped together and read as a single unit
>> when you land on the first one in a document. Am seeing if this tagging
>> behaviour is unique to the Microsoft and Acrobat Pro DC tagging tools or
>> if Foxit Phantom for Business and Nuance PowerPDF also produce this type
>> of accessibility barrier.
>>
>> For the scanned documents, I can send you all the sample files off list as
>> there are about 15 of them and they won't fit in an e-mail, even attached
>> to the PDF document about scanned documents.
>>
>> Phillip and I have chronicled the problems in response to the original
>> post with this subject line. He did list some of the things I missed so
>> merging the lists will give you a good idea on the problems we are
>> encountering.
>>
>> Cheers, Karen
>>
>>