[Blindmath] accessible math websites

[Jared Wright]

Roopakshi and Jason, Thanks for passing the accessible math websites you 
know of along. I've already found multiple references very handy.

Jared

On 3/16/2009 1:00 PM, Roopakshi Pathania wrote:
>
> Hi Sarah,
>
> You have raised one of my favourite topics. I rely a lot on the web to understand mathematical and other concepts.
> I am listing here some of the sites that I frequent. Contact me off-list, and we might just go for more site hunting!
>
> http://www.opentextbook.org/category/maths/
> A blog that lists books under open licences. This implies LaTeX source for the books!
>
> http://www.math.uah.edu/STAT/
> A virtual probability lab with material in MathML.
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Subject:Mathematics
> A sister site to Wikipedia, but with books having LaTeX tags.
>
> http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/ProblemsList.html
> A web page hosting Calculus problems and solutions with LaTeX tags.
>
> http://www.exampleproblems.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> A wiki hosting user generated examples with solutions, again with LaTeX tags.
>
> Also, to add to what Michael said, whare ever you see "\" and "$" symbols, you'll know that it is LaTeX.
> One last thing, despite what any one says on the list, both MathML and LaTeX have there uses as far as reading mathematics gos.
>
> Regards
> Roopakshi from India
>
>
> --- On Mon, 3/16/09, sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca<sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca>  wrote:
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>    
>> From: sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca<sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] accessible math websites
>> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 6:37 AM
>> Hi Michael,
>> That's good advice. I know this si a silly question,
>> but how would I know if an equation appears in LaTeX?
>> Thank you,
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Michael Whapples<mwhapples at aim.com>:
>>
>>      
>>> 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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