Why is <table> not suitable for layout, but <div>? for screen users

What is the problem with a tag <table>that doesn’t work <div>for screen reader users? Explain an example.

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I think because you can communicate the correct table through audio, but you cannot parse the table used for the layout and speak it intelligently.

Example

Title | Age
Bob   | 6
Greg  | 10

It can be said.

But what about this?

[img] | Welcome to my site | [img]
News  | [img] 

What do you think will be read to the visually impaired?

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- . , , CSS (IE6 ).

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, , Fangs for Firefox ( JAWS).

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