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Re: 'Alternate Text' property in data tables

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From: Loretta Guarino Reid
Date: Jul 7, 2014 8:18PM

The Alternate Text property is a global attribute, available on any tag in
the tags tree. There are many tags for which it would make little sense.


On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Devarshi Pant < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > >