Table-to-Prose

The process of converting structured tabular data into natural language prose descriptions that can be easily understood when read aloud or presented through speech synthesis. Table-to-prose transformation goes beyond simple cell-by-cell linearization by constructing coherent sentences that express the relationships between headers and data values, include connecting words and phrases, and apply abbreviation expansion or content transformation rules. For example, a table row showing "USA | 10 | 5 | 3" under columns "Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze" would be transformed to "The United States has 10 Gold medals, 5 Silver medals, and 3 Bronze medals." This approach significantly improves the accessibility of tabular web content for screen reader users.