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<body><div>For this kind of thing, I usually try to make it a little less wordy (ha ha). I think you can relay the same information but make it more compact, like so:</div><div><br></div><div>Alt text: "Table with 4 columns, 2 header rows, and 7 data rows. First header row: first two columns blank; header 'Data Source' spans last two columns. Second data row: Rank, Manufacturer, Data Source - Gartner, Data Source - International Data Corporation (IDC)."</div><div><br></div><div>I try to make things as compact as possible and get the meat of it up front, since anyone using a screen reader would likely be skipping to the next thing as soon as they hear enough to know if it's something they want to read in detail. But people who actually have to read the stuff might have a different opinion than I do (smiley face).</div><div><br></div><div>If I were doing this as a description rather than alt text, I might present it in more of a hierarchical outline rather than adhering to the format of the table.</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 09:36:45 -0700, Howard Kramer <hkramer@ahead.org> wrote:<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello All:<div><br></div><div><div>I'm developing a MOOC with a couple of colleagues on Inclusive eLearning and I have a section on alt text for Word Tables. I've noticed some examples of alt text for tables which are very minimal in the information provided - basically just the structure of the table and if there were merged cells. Do you think this example provides too much information in the alt text? </div><div><br></div><div>Alt text: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">“This is a 4 column by 9 row table with 2 header rows and 7 data rows. The first row has one header for Data Source which spans column 3 and 4 above the names of the two research firms in row 2. The second row headers are Rank, Manufacturer and the names of the two research firms: Gartner and International Data Corporation.”</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I will also recommend that the first 2 rows be designated as repeating header rows in Word and will add a "true" caption on top.</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-bc822859-5115-7541-e001-8e3fb596b2b5"><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data Source</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rank</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Manufacturer</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gartner</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">International Data Corporation (IDC)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Samsung</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">24.6%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">24.5%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nokia</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">13.9%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">13.8%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc." style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apple Inc.</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8.3%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8.4%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Electronics" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LG</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.8%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.8%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZTE" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ZTE</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.3%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Huawei</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.0%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Others</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">34.0%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">46.4%</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">      Top Five Worldwide Total Mobile Phone Vendors, 2013</span></p><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div>-Howard</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>303-492-8672</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:14px;background-color:rgb(249,248,243)">AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability</span></div><div><br></div></div>
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