- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:36:24 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, piat@egroups.com
I'm trying out a way to make tables more accessible. The first test case is for a web site for recycling assistive technology. It has tables listing assistive technology to be recycled. The url is http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/reep/ The pages, which are mostly HTML tables, also have links to text versions of the tables. In the text version, each row consists of comma separated values. I was trying to serve two purposes. One was to make it sound good on screen readers. The other was to allow people to import the table into a spreadsheet (comma separated values is the standard spreadsheet csv format). I was thinking that would be convenient for people with spreadsheets that work well with their screenreaders. I didn't intend the comma separated tables to look good visually, and I know I was successful there <grin>. But sighted folks have the HTML. Would you tell me what you think of this? Especially people with spreadsheets and screenreaders. Thanks! Len ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Universal Design Engineer, Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering Temple University Ritter Hall Annex, Room 423, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org (215} 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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