[Blindmath] accessible math websites

[Michael Whapples]

It's not good when websites use images for the equations, but some do 
include the LaTeX source for the equation as the alt tag text. Are these 
websites doing this? If not then contact the page author if possible to 
explain the difficulty caused and suggest that they at least include the 
LaTeX for the equation in the alt tag, if not actually change to mathml. 
There are other reasons than the one you raised why images for equations 
is not good, the inability of adjusting the visual appearance for those 
who need large print or an alternative colour scheme, the inability for 
the equation/maths to be searchable, etc.

Learning to read LaTeX is probably well worth your time. Reading LaTeX I 
feel is easier than learning to write it (IE. if you don't know a 
particular command used then either you can have a pretty good guess at 
what it is from the name and surroundings or you have a specific command 
to search for).

Sorry I haven't been too useful on actual websites which are of use, but 
I feel LaTeX source for equations isn't too much to ask for, and ideally 
you shouldn't be restricted to a few websites.

Michael Whapples
On 15/03/09 20:39, sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca wrote:
> Hi all,
> Every so often, I find my math text inadequately explains a topic, and 
> so I wish to look it up online. However I find many math websites have 
> equations as images that JAWS won't read. Are there any sites you know 
> of which explain mathematical concepts that are JAWS-friendly?
> Thank you for your help,
> Sarah Jevnikar
>
>
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