[Blindmath] Another test of matrix accessibility

[Michael Whapples]

Yes the first one was a table, it was just one cell per row instead of the 
three cells per row found in the second and third examples. I seem to 
remember that the word matrix in all of the examples was a single cell 
spanning the full width of the table.

Michael Whapples
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> 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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>>>
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