Is there a way to prevent screen readers from reading table info?
<p>I'm working on a web page for a project and currently we are using a table to control the layout of content.When a screen reader (I'm testing with NVDA) focuses on the first item in the table, it speaks "Table with 7 rows and 3 columns" and then reads the item. </p>

<pre><code>&lt;table role="presentation"&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td tabindex="0" class="bold"&gt;Item&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Is there a way to prevent the screen reader from speaking the table information? I've tried setting the role to presentation and it still speaks it. I know using tables as a means of designing layout is bad practice, but this is for a prototype.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>