[Blindmath] MathML issues

[Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson]

Hi Mary

I can use MathPlayer with IE8 and Jaws 11, no problem.
You may have to uninstall and reinstall it, since either there may be
a newer version or its settings might have gotten messed up when you
upgraded your IE from 7 to 8.
I can't open the page you pointed to right now (working in vpn mode
and my connection is mighty slow) but I can test the page in a few
hours and see. I can read the sampel equations from the DS page just
fine at least.
I agree though, their product page needs to get upgraded.
I think there are also Jaws scripts you need to install (and might
have to reinstall for Jaws 11).
Take a look and if you don't get this to work I'll take a look myself
and retrace how I did this.
hth
-Birkir


On 10/21/10, Mary Stores <mstores at indiana.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have several questions...
>
> So most of the people here at the university where I work use JAWS, and
> there's a group that has created some pages with MathML. The only
> solution I know about for reading math equasions this way is to use
> MathPlayer. It was last tested by me using JAWS 10 and IE7.
>
> So I've upgraded since then, and the group has asked us some questions
> about their spry panels. In re-testing, I've upgraded to JAWS 11 and
> IE8. MathPlayer no longer seems to work. JAWS will tell me how many
> landmarks, links and headings there are, show the links list, etc., but
> not read any text, links, etc. using the arrow keys.
>
> The Known Issues page of Design Science, the people who created
> MathPlayer, was last updated in 2004.
>
> The Freedom Science Fiction tech support person has never heard of the
> MathPlayer program and seemed unwilling to install it.
>
> Since then, I have also become aware of a VoiceOver user on campus. I
> don't know how he would read these Math equasions. I am wondering about
> a more accessible solution for everyone.
>
> Some sample Math equasions can be found at
> http://www.indiana.edu/~iuadapts/test/SpryAssets/01_ss1B_01.xhtml
>
> If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mary
>
>
>
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