[Nfb-web] table column reading code needed

[crichardson at nfbny.org]

I agree with Brian.  If I were to use that page I don't think I would want 
to hear the heading every time I move to a new element as much as I don't 
want to when I'm using a spreadsheet.  But if that's what the person wants 
that is paying you then by all means.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] table column reading code needed


> hi,
>
> Is this completely wise?
> A table with 40-50 rows would become annoying when you know what the 
> columns
> are.
> Bryan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <programmingblind at freelists.org>
> Cc: <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>; "Shelia Wright" <sbwright95 at earthlink.net>;
> <blindwebbers at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 1:50 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-web] table column reading code needed
>
>
>>
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>>    I'm frantically working to finish a Web site due to be launched on
>> Sunday. There are several tables of information on this site that we want
>> to
>> be read giving the collumn name followed by the cell content going across
>> from left to right. I am aware of code that will force a screen reader to
>> announce the collumn hedder before it reads a cell's content permitting
>> the
>> blind visitor to know which collumn of text is being voiced by their
>> screen
>> reader. right now JAWS reads a row of table data without announce the
>> collumn name. I'll give a nexample below and what I want to have a screen
>> reader do when it encounters text in a table.
>>
>>    Here is a table's collumns:
>>
>> First Name Last Name City State
>>
>> Normally a screen reader will read the data in a row as follows:
>> Peter Donahue San Antonio Texas
>>
>>    Here is what I want to make happen when a screen reader encounters 
>> text
>> in a table when it reads through a row of cell data:
>> First Name: Peter
>> Last Name: Donahue
>> City: San Antonio
>> State: Texas
>>
>> I would appreciate it if someone knows how to set up the table so a 
>> screen
>> reader will interpret a row's content by announcing the collumn hedder
>> before reading a cell's data I'll appreciate that a lot. A table example
>> of
>> how to set this up would be even better as I'm in a tight deadline and
>> need
>> this fix stat!! Your assistance will be grately appreciated.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
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