Here's the info I recieved from freedom scientific.

JAWS supports the following attributes for specifying row/column headers:

scope
Headers and ID
Axis
ABBR - when used with Headers and ID, but not with Scope

However, the information specified in these attributes is only read when
navigating with the table specific commands ALT+CTRL+arrow keys or
ALT+CTRL+NUM PAD 5. And JAWS only reads the info as it changes. For example,
JAWS reads row headers as you move down a column and column headers as you
move across a row.

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From: "Alan Cantor" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: Jaws and scope and data tables


Does Jaws 4.5 interpret the scope attribute in data tables? I cannot make it
work. If it can be made to work, the problem of access to simple date tables
would disappear, or at least, become much less serious... provided content
providers would mark up their tables correctly!!

The th element works nicely, and Jaws does a good job of reading tables when
the header applies to every cell in a column. But what if it is necessary to
associate cells with column header AND row header information?

Alan


Alan Cantor
Project Manager
Strategic e-Government Implementation
e-Government, OCCS
416-212-1152
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