- From: Alida P Ryerson <2alida@taconic.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:49:31 -0400 (EDT)
- To: wai-wcag-editor@w3.org
On page http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#tables
the following example is given with the comment under it that the
browser will rewad it as (see below)
But when I pasted this code into Notepad and opened it IE the text was
read linearly with out identifying the header for each cell (T Sexton
10, Espresso ,no)
How do you get it to read the column headings in each cell? (Name T
sexton, Cups, 10.....
I want to create a chart for weather information with the days across
the top as headers and the hi's and low's in a table beneath but such
that it is read Mon, Hi87, Low 76
<TABLE border="1"
summary="This table charts the number of
cups of coffee consumed by each senator,
the type of coffee (decaf or regular),
and whether taken with sugar.">
<CAPTION>Cups of coffee consumed by each senator</CAPTION>
<TR>
<TH id="header1">Name</TH>
<TH id="header2">Cups</TH>
<TH id="header3" abbr="Type">Type of Coffee</TH>
<TH id="header4">Sugar?</TH>
<TR>
<TD headers="header1">T. Sexton</TD>
<TD headers="header2">10</TD>
<TD headers="header3">Espresso</TD>
<TD headers="header4">No</TD>
<TR>
<TD headers="header1">J. Dinnen</TD>
<TD headers="header2">5</TD>
<TD headers="header3">Decaf</TD>
<TD headers="header4">Yes</TD>
</TABLE>
End example.
A speech synthesizer might render this tables as follows:
Caption: Cups of coffee consumed by each senator
Summary: This table charts the number of cups of coffee
consumed by each senator, the type of coffee
(decaf or regular), and whether taken with sugar.
Name: T. Sexton, Cups: 10, Type: Espresso, Sugar: No
Name: J. Dinnen, Cups: 5, Type: Decaf, Sugar: Yes
Received on Thursday, 15 August 2002 13:04:10 UTC