there are a bunch of good free things out there.  The wai may still have
their curriculum but easi has a bunch too.  I would also recommend the
book on line at:
http://www.hisoftware.com
I'm not sure it is still available for free though.

----- Original Message -----
From: "joe j lazzaro" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: accessibility standards for tables on webpages


One of the best courses on web accessibility can be had for free from
www.JimThatcher.com

You've simply gotta check this out!



Joseph J. Lazzaro
HTTP://JoeLazzaro.Com

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Patrick Burke wrote:

> At 06:54 AM 10/2/2002, Schneider, Katherine S. wrote:
>
> >Has anybody done any work on accessibility of tables on webpages, as
in
> >standards or guidelines?  I know 508 and w3c mention them, but they
don't
> >seem to provide much concrete guidance.  Kathie
>
>
> Here are two examples:
>
> The "cups of coffee" table from the WCAG Techniques document shows
some
> standard markup:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#data-tables
>
> The "Tables Challenge" page from the "Jaws HTML Challenge" uses table
> markup to display the Jaws table navigation keys. If you display the
source
> you'll have some markup examples to follow:
>
http://www.freedomscientific.com/hTML_challenge/files/tables_challenge.h
tml
>
> The larger HTML Challenge presentation begins at:
> http://www.freedomscientific.com/HTML_challenge/html_challenge.html
>
> Interestingly, we just got a HandyTech Braille Wave display for our
lab, &
> it has row & column indicators pop up as I navigate a table (r2c7,
r3c1,
> etc., at the left side of the display. This is using Jaws 4.5. Do any
other
> Braille displays do this? I haven't run across it before.
>
> Patrick
>