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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 24, 2023 5:30AM

The tagged PDF falls under the W3C definition of conforming
alternative, (as long as you can link directly to it from the page
with the inaccessible table and it has all the same info as the table,
which appears to be the case here).
The content order issue with the table is troublesome nevertheless.
Does the table contain focusable elements, like buttons? If so hiding
it from screen reader users with aria-hidden="true" is not really an
option.
If it does not have focusable elements, then you can hide it that way
and offer up the PDF as an alternative.
If it does you may need to add a button to switch between table view
and link to the PDF file for all users.
Finally, there should be a way to fix the table and code it properly
or work around it with ARIA, the team may just need more guidance
onhow to do that.
Without seeing the actual source code I cannot offer up an opinion on ow.




On 5/24/23, Sumit Patel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hai,
>
> I have a table which has column headers , row headers and tooltips
> inside most of the cells.
> When A screen reader user navigates on this table with arrow keys ,
> would not get to know anything as the reading order is completely
> incorrect.
> On arrow key, first focus goes to the row headers, then , column
> headers , tooltips and finally to the cells .
> Table structure is not get identified . so, the don't even know this
> is a table unless a sighted user explains the structure
>
> Seems like The dev team does not able to provide table structure as
> they have technical limitation to make changes on this component .
>
> So, they have given a PDF file next to this table which serves the ame
> purpose . The pdf file is accessible .
>
> So, my question is is it enough to meet WCAG ? because though the
> information can be conveyed to screen reader user in an accessible
> alternative , screen reader user will have a feeling that they are
> missing something when the reader read out all the information in the
> above given order .
>
> Do we need to ask to hide the table from screen reader and provide a
> a short alt text for the same and informing them an accessible
> alternative is provided in the form of pdf below .
>
> Regards,
> Sumit.
> > > > >


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