[Blindmath] FW: [Athen] MathML in Firefox

[Neil Soiffer]

Not by next summer, but we are trying to do as much as possible of the new
code in JavaScript, so eventually we may get there.  There's a huge amount
of old code in C++ that would need to get ported to linux.  That's just
work, it does require time/money to do.  My apologies to those who are unix
users -- I used to do all of my programming on unix boxes, so I understand
the appeal of unix/linux to some.

    Neil


On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:

> 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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