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Re: Use of alt text in document tables

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Feb 22, 2016 11:05AM

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > Is there any particular reason for adding alt text to data tables? This
> assumes you've identified header rows and other basic formatting. If you
> have a lot of tables, you may include captions and/or bookmarks to identify
> each table.
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> My thoughts are that this would be akin to the summary attribute -- which
> is not required and only advised when the structure of the table might
> otherwise be difficult to understand when using a screen reader.
> https://www.w3.org/TR/2015/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20150226/H73
>
> Jonathan
>
> ​I agree with Jonathan that it might be useful as a summary, but only if
assistive technology can make use of the information. see below​


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