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Re: Data table without TH

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sep 19, 2022 12:27PM

On 19/09/2022 17:57, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> Perplexing that there is no SC for such an essential feature like heading-semantic for tables.

Sighted users that don't use SR often come across tables like the one
you mention without explicit row/column headings, and have to infer the
meaning based on context. So SR users are not more or less disadvantaged
here...which is why there's no SC explicitly addressing this aspect.

P
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