- From: Sailesh Panchang <spanchang02@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2022 14:54:13 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hello Listers, I had highlighted the subject issue in 2019 but the issues still persist. So I followed up again just a few weeks ago by writing to ETSI. For instance at present the data tables in Annex A (A.1 and A.2) that start on page 90 of version 3.2.1 (March 2021) do not convey relationship between header cells and data cells. The tables are not tagged to convey the column-span property. It appears the PDF is created by saving Word files as PDF and no further tagging is done. So it is almost impossible to comprehend the table structure using a screen reader. This problem would also be caught by testing with AT (if done) before the PDF is published publicly. So it is important for users who depend on AT / accessibility features to write to ESPsupport@etsi.org, convey their experience and urge ETSI to make necessary changes. It is not good that the standards themselves pose accessibility problems. Thanks, Sailesh
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