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From: Jared Smith
Date: Feb 10, 2012 9:36PM

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Ryan E. Benson wrote:
> What makes you say that Jared? The spec (html 4) says the exact opposite

I guess I misunderstood this, probably because when summary was still
in HTML5 it was defined as for structure only. Still, it doesn't make
much sense to me to present the purpose to screen reader users only.

My point is that if a table is natively clear and accessible,
providing a summary won't make it more accessible. And if it's not
natively accessible, then it needs to be made accessible.

Jared