- From: Terrence Wood <tdw@funkive.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:22:07 +1300 (NZDT)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi Rebecca, I have been working with the Treasury for the past 5 months or so on this very issue. We have developed some strategies and tools (extensions for DWMX) that address accessibility of complex financial tables in HTML. We believe we have developed a solution that achieves a high level of accessibility but also provides a cost effective solution for content authors: The approach is systematic so it scales well to most complex tables without too much cognitative load (i.e. they don't have to think about it) for the author, and most aspects are automated and so can be incorporated into larger automated processes. We have also test our solutions with screenreader users - testing carried out by AccEase. In addition to the above, we have provided plenty of hooks for presentational and interactive purposes (e.g. indivdual cell magnification with associated headers on hover) The Treasury will be releasing it's findings to the whole of government Q1 2006. Contact me directly should you require any additional information in the interim. Rebecca Cox said: > http://www.reb.net.nz/tables/table1.html Not enough information, rowgroup headings (e.g. Revenue) are not carried through. > http://www.reb.net.nz/tables/table2.html This is OK. > http://www.reb.net.nz/tables/table3.html This is OK for a one-off situation, but appears to require quite a lot of manual coding. I have sent you a mrakup sample off-list. -- Terrence Wood
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