Making Webbased tables accessible for users of screen readers

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-231

  Amtmann, Dagmar ^a   Johnson, Kurt ^b   Cook, Debbie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Washington Assistive Technology Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind people; Information technology; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544362403     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830210432589     Document Type: Article

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