The linearization of the tables used for the layout does not harm the understanding of the content.

A digital book can contain data displayed in presentation tables. Presentation tables must be made accessible.

Objectives

  • Allow users of technical aids to easily navigate through the information provided by a table.
  • Improve the accessibility of content to people with disabilities

Implementation

  • To be understandable to the blind, the contents of the cells must be able to be linearized, because the assistive technologies will sequentially go through and transcribe all the cells (/) of all the rows () of the table

Control

  • Check the source code of the epub HTML page

Validation

  • Needs to be human verified.

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  • ONIX
  • OPF

About that rule

Rule origin : Opquast | Opquast reference 4 238 | Updated on September 18, 2024

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