[Accessibleweb] JAWS screenreader and table compatibility in a page with a table I am working on (link to page in email)

[Wade Guidry via Accessibleweb]

Thanks, Hadi for the quick response.

I'd be happy to bring it to the September meeting, but hope to make a determination in the meantime if the DataTables library is something we'll be able to use.

So I'll submit a request for a consultation as well.



Wade Guidry
Developer, IT Services & Digital Strategies
University of Washington Libraries
360.472.9646
wadeguid at uw.edu
My pronouns are: he / him / his

From: Hadi Rangin <hadir at uw.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 3:23 PM
To: Wade Guidry <wadeguid at uw.edu>; 'accessibleweb at u.washington.edu' <accessibleweb at u.washington.edu>
Subject: RE: JAWS screenreader and table compatibility in a page with a table I am working on (link to page in email)

Hi Wade,

For sure it is an interesting design and implementation.
I think there are several interesting accessibility design considerations in this page that we can discuss it in our September Usability/Accessibility meet-up. Please let me know if you are interested to discuss it in the September meet-up so I can add it to the agenda.
Alternatively, you can submit a consultation meeting at Accessibility Consulting Request Form<https://uwconnect.uw.edu/catform.do?form=y5ojcm> and one of us get back to you to discuss it with you and team.
The table at the current design and implementation has accessibility problems and it is almost impossible for screen reader users to utilize it.

Thanks,
Hadi


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Subject: [Accessibleweb] JAWS screenreader and table compatibility in a page with a table I am working on (link to page in email)

Hi, all.

Not sure if anyone can help me with this one.

But I'm trying to determine if a screenreader will work with a table on a page currently hosted at this URL: https://staff.washington.edu/wadeguid/csvmagic/romerc/

I am using a javascript library called DataTables, which generates a searchable HTML table with data read from a json file.

I am using NVDA to test screenreader compatibility of this solution. Currently, NVDA is only reading the column headers, and the first column's data on the first row (if it contains data). NVDA reads no data from any other cell in the table.

I'm wondering if this is an incompatibility with NVDA and this DataTables<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/datatables.net/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!liIdT_hJ35LxOLglRRD4LAaGves52e-z7QyeEQVfT18H1Q9FIi1piSlnQdyl45k4xxmdLVCtMMVPA0QYAcjniPyV3DCu$> javascript library.

I imagine there are multiple accessibility issues on this page currently.

I am hoping someone with JAWS access and experience could point their JAWS software at this page and just let me know if JAWS successfully reads data from the table cells as you navigate through the table.

It would help me very much and I'd be very appreciative of your aid.


Wade Guidry
Developer, IT Services & Digital Strategies
University of Washington Libraries
360.472.9646
wadeguid at uw.edu<mailto:wadeguid at uw.edu>
My pronouns are: he / him / his

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