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Re: 'Alternate Text' property in data tables

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From: Devarshi Pant
Date: Jul 7, 2014 8:08PM

Hi Loretta,

"If you provide an Alternate
Text property for a <Table>, the table will be completely invisible to the
screen reader."

>> Yes, I noticed that too but who is intended user group for this feature?
On Jul 7, 2014 9:42 PM, "Loretta Guarino Reid" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Alternate Text is meant to be the text replacement for an image that just
> contains text. It is different from Alt in that it is considered part of
> the surrounding text, possibly part of a word. If you provide an Alternate
> Text property for a <Table>, the table will be completely invisible to the
> screen reader.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Devarshi Pant < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all - In PDF, what is the significance of the 'Alternate Text'
> property
> > in the tag tree of a <Table>? I have a document with as many 20 data
> tables
> > with captions (or headings, for some), and would want JAWS users to be
> able
> > to pull up a utility list and hear a brief description associated with a
> > table as they do in web based tables.
> > -Devarshi
> > > > > > > >
> > > >