Does double announced content bother screen reader users?

Hi Léonie, Matt, Bryan, Marco, and PF/ARIA WG members,

There was a discussion on a11ySlackers about how to properly label form inputs inside of a table. In this example <http://dir.agosto.nl/accessibility/table.html> [1] there is a table with cats. There is a column for their name, softness, cuteness, and one with a checkbox so you can select the cat to give him or her snacks. In the example I’ve labelled all checkboxes with first their column header (Give snacks to) and then their row header (their name; e.g. Lara). This should make it clear what that checkbox does. Problem is that if you use tables mode to navigate and you land on the checkbox; you header either—depending on which direction you navigate—the column or row header twice.

My question is if this bothers any of you? Because it seems like a valid way to add much needed information to such a setup.

—Michiel

[1] http://dir.agosto.nl/accessibility/table.html