Tables/Accessibility

[KDLA]

I have a calendar, put into a table layout, at http://kdla.ky.gov/libsupport/libwebhelp/librarycalendars/example/example.htm. I was checking it for Accessibility, and noticed on FF's web developer toolbar, under Misc., there is an option to linearize the content. Is the way the content appears, once linearized, the way a screen reader will interpret it?

If so, how do I make this calendar accessible and/or make sense? (Or is this impossible?)

KDLA

[Jona]

Yes, it is how a screen reader will interpret it.

The calendar is accessible and does make sense. Although it may seem otherwise, the only tables that are accessible linearize (the only tables that don’t linearize, I believe, are nested tables).

A screen reader reads everything linearized (in the order that it appears in the HTML code). The information is most understandable in the order you already have it in when it is linearized.

[Fang]

Accessible data tables (http://www.usability.com.au/resources/tables.cfm)

[KDLA]

Thanks, Jona. It was one of those I've Tested this Too Much! moments.

(BTW - I like the groovin' Spidey avatar.)

Thanks, also, Fang. I'll give the link a look.

KDLA

[Jona]

re: groovin’ Spidey, thanks. :)

Bookmark Fang’s link. That site is very informative.