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From: Graham Armfield
Date: Jun 9, 2020 8:17AM

As a suggestion, if a table benefits from some kind of description or
'alternate text' then it's probably best to use the <caption> element.

From previous testing (admittedly some time ago) the <caption> element
should be the first child of the <table> element or some screen readers
won't voice it.

The <caption> element can be styled using CSS if required.

Many browsers/screen readers still support the summary attribute on the
<table> element, but this attribute was deprecated some years ago, so is
not recommended for future use.

Regards
Graham Armfield

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Khaleel asked " A quick question related to adding Alternative Text to

> Tables. Would a table be inaccessible if it lacks Alt Text? "
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