[Blindmath] FW: [Athen] MathML in Firefox

[Michael Whapples]

Neil, will this firefox work be cross platform compatable (IE. will it 
work on linux)?

Michael Whapples
On 05/06/09 19:17, Neil Soiffer wrote:
> Coincidentally, I just submitted a grant proposal that includes among other
> things, porting MathPlayer's functionality to Firefox.  If we get the grant,
> then by next summer, there will hopefully be a solution... IF (and those of
> you who read my postings probably know what is coming next)... you can
> convince your screen reader vendor to call MathPlayer as they walk the
> Firefox DOM and come to math.  If I implement math accessibility, sadly,
> that doesn't mean screen readers will take advantage of it.  Make sure your
> screen reader manufacturer (commercial or open source) makes math access a
> priority.
>
> Neil Soiffer
> Senior Scientist
> Design Science, Inc.
> www.dessci.com
> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, WebEQ, Equation
> Editor ~
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Michael Whapples<mwhapples at aim.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> As far as I know there isn't any current accessibility for mathml in
>> firefox.
>>
>> Michael Whapples
>>
>> On 05/06/09 15:38, Burke, Dan (DSS) wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Greetings -
>>>
>>> This is a post from a higher ed list -- anyone able to offer an answer
>>> to the question below?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel J. Burke
>>> Assistant Director/Coordinator
>>> Disability Services for Students
>>> Emma B. Lommasson 154
>>> The University of Montana
>>> Missoula, MT 59812
>>>
>>> www.umt.edu/dss/
>>>
>>> 406.243.2243 voice/text
>>> 406.243.4424 direct line
>>> 406.243.5330 fax
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Sean J Keegan
>>> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:12 AM
>>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
>>> Subject: Re: [Athen] MathML in Firefox
>>>
>>>   >   Good morning all, does anyone know of any efforts to fully
>>>   >   support something like MathPlayer in Firefox of another
>>>   >   suitable tool that fully exposes the equation to a screen
>>>   >   reader.
>>>
>>> At CSUN a few years ago, I asked about math support in the Firefox
>>> browser to the Mozilla group and to the Design Science group with the
>>> focus on assistive technology.  At the time, both companies expressed
>>> interest in such functionality, but that was about as far as the
>>> conversation actually got.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, I am not aware of any other tool or application that supports
>>>
>>> exposing the equation to AT in Firefox.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>> Sean
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