[Blindmath] Another test of matrix accessibility

[Steve Jacobson]

With Window-Eyes, all three examples were identified as tables and could be navigated cell by cell using table 
navigation keys.  Michael, does voiceOver not recognize the first example as a table?

One small thing I noticed that is simply a difference and not good or bad is that in the third example the word "Matrix" 
is in the table but doesn't show up as a separate row.  It is not visible as a row when using the table navigation keys 
but does show up if browsing the table without table cell navigation keys.  I suspect that this situation is probably 
handled differently by different screen readers, though, and don't think this would be a reason not to use the third 
approach.

Dick, thanks for taking the time you are taking with all of this, your work is really appreciated.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:04:45 +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:

>I would possibly say both the second and third are better with VoiceOver. It identifies each element as being in a 
separate cell (I assume that is what you would want to be found). The first one its a single cell for the whole row (one 
cell per line).

>Michael Whapples
>On 22 Nov 2011, at 14:38, Richard Baldwin wrote:

>> I have attached a zip file containing an html file containing three
>> possible candidates for use as matrix containers.
>> 
>> The first one is the apparent winner from the previous set of tests.
>> 
>> The other two are refinements of the first one that produce a more visually
>> pleasing matrix. I would prefer to use one of the latter two provided that
>> the improvement in visual appeal doesn't result in a loss of accessibility.
>> 
>> I would appreciate comments on the accessibility of the three using as many
>> popular screen readers as possible.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Dick Baldwin
>> 
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