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From: Sharon Daniels
Date: Dec 6, 2001 3:20PM


I haven't tried this but I thought that I read on the W3C site that using
the SCOPE attribute would work.

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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:42 PM
Subject: Screen Reader Question


>
> Hi All!
>
> I am new to this list, so I'm sure you have already answered this question
> before. However, I would be very grateful if someone would help me out on
> this one. I am in charge of making the web applications in my company
> accessible. Our products use a lot of data tables in its interface. I
> have read a lot on the topic and all the books suggest putting header and
> ID tags to index the individual cell so while it is being read, the screen
> reader will tell you which row and column it is in.
>
> For example:
>
> <TABLE border="1"
> summary="This table charts the number of cups
> of coffee consumed by each senator, the type
> of coffee (decaf or regular), and whether
> taken with sugar.">
> <CAPTION>Cups of coffee consumed by each senator</CAPTION>
> <TR>
> <TH id="t1">Name</TH>
> <TH id="t2">Cups</TH>
> <TH id="t3" abbr="Type">Type of Coffee</TH>
> <TH id="t4">Sugar?</TH>
> <TR>
> <TD headers="t1">T. Sexton</TD>
> <TD headers="t2">10</TD>
> <TD headers="t3">Espresso</TD>
> <TD headers="t4">No</TD>
> <TR>
> <TD headers="t1">J. Dinnen</TD>
> <TD headers="t2">5</TD>
> <TD headers="t3">Decaf</TD>
> <TD headers="t4">Yes</TD>
> </TABLE>
>
>
> Some screen readers would read the following table like:
> It would read the caption and summary (which JAWS does do), but then would
> read:
> Name: T. Sexton, Cups: 10, Type: Expresso, Sugar: No
> Name: J. Dinnen Cups: 5, Type: Decaf, Sugar: Yes
>
> JAWS (which I found out at a recent seminar has over 80% of the market
> share would read it like:
> Name Cups Type Sugar
> T. Sexton, 10, Expresso, No
> J. Dinnen, 5, Decaf, Yes
>
> JAWS apparently does not read the ID tags so it doesn't index the
> individual data cell. I also checkedHomePage Reader and Outspoken and they
> read it the same as JAWS. Does anyone know if any of the screen readers
> read the id tags?
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Stacy Canaras
> Sr. User Interface Engineer
> Hyperion Solutions
> 900 Long Ridge Road
> Stamford, CT 06902
> (203) 703-3323
>
>
>
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