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Re: Screen Reader Question

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From: Mark Rew
Date: Dec 7, 2001 5:51AM


The scope attribute is recommended by the Access Board, but as of version 3.7
of Jaws it is not recognized. Thus, for Jaws I can only get the id attribute
along with the headers attribute to work.
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From: "Sharon Daniels" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Screen Reader Question


> I haven't tried this but I thought that I read on the W3C site that using
> the SCOPE attribute would work.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> 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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