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Re: mark up for table read in screen reader

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From: Bim Egan
Date: Jun 24, 2019 1:48PM

Hi Mike,

The only directions available are vertical, up or down columns; or
horizontal left to right or vice versa.

Please don't try to think for the screenreader or their users, it would only
cause confusion. The right thing to do is use table headers whenever they
are needed to understand data and the scope attribute to specify whether a
header relates to the column or the row it heads up.

Thanks,

Bim




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