Today, most users of screen-readers would hear this table read as:
TRAVEL EXPENSES (actual cost, US$)
TRIP,
Meals Room Trans Total
date
San Jose
25 Aug 97 37.74 112.00 45.00
26 Aug 97 27.28 112.00 45.00
Subtotal 65.02 224.00 90.00 379.02
Seattle
27 Aug 97 96.25 109.00 36.00
28 Aug 97 35.00 109.00 36.00
Subtotal 131.25 218.00 72.00 421.25
Totals 196.27 442.00 162.00 800.27
Try reading this out loud to yourself and when you get to the 11th line, try to guess what the meaning of the fourth value is supposed to be... without looking back at the header information.
To Checkpoints for Guideline 5.