[Blindmath] Question on MathML accessibility with Kurzweil 3000

[Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson]

Tom

I understand better now.
If you find anything out, please keep us updated.


On 9/5/10, Tom Tillo <tomtillo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Birkir and Paul .
>
> K3000 v12 claims to read ML ( atleast thats what I saw in their official
> literature ).
> It has the , I quote,   "Ability to read MathML through a partnership with
> Design Science, Inc"
> It does have the FineReader engine in it , but not the OCR for math
> characters, for which one has to depend on Infty Reader. ( Iam just trying
> to see if I can make K3000  read pages which already have MathML embedded
> into them ) - So far I have been unsuccessful , and I believe its something
> tiny that Iam missing.
>
> MathPlayer does read MathML but I use it in conjunction with a screen reader
> to read the whole page. ( As far as I understand, Mathplayer only reads
> anything between the <math> ... </math> tags . ) Am wondering if they have
> exposed its APIs to be used by a developer, so that I could develop
> something with eSpeak+ VB + mathPlayer APIs. ( To make something that can
> read just webpages with MathML in it )
>
> Any inputs are welcome .
> Tom
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:25 PM, PR Stanley <prstanley at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, the commandline version of the InftyReader is totally free! If
>> anyone wants a copy please don't hesitate to drop me a line.
>> Paul
>>
>> At 15:49 04/09/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>>  Tom
>>>
>>> I am confused.
>>> I thought MathPlayer from Design Science was what you were looking
>>> for. Plays math ml and it is freeware.
>>> I did not know that K3000 played math ml, in any case I find that
>>> product just very expensive, even if it is a good scanner.
>>> For math scanning I'd go with Infty Reader, it is less expensive and I
>>> know they have student pricing.
>>> Thanks
>>> -Birkir
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/4/10, Tom Tillo <tomtillo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi All ,
>>> >
>>> > I have downloaded the trial version of Kurzweil 3000 ( version  12 )
>>> since I
>>> > read that it has extended support for mathml. I tried it out with
>>> several
>>> > sites with MathML embedded in them , but was unable to read the MathML
>>> bit.
>>> > It fails to recognise the math characters. (Even with the firefox
>>> extension
>>> > for K3000 - kesireader.xpi )
>>> >
>>> > I guess Iam overlooking/missing something small. If any one of you have
>>> > tried to read mathML using K3000, can you please fill in the missing
>>> link
>>> > for me ?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks and Regards
>>> > Tom
>>> > tomtillo at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> > P.S: On a different topic - Has anyone tried to link eSpeak / any
>>> > SAPI5s
>>> > compliant synthesisers with the MathPlayer APIs ? I was thinking ..  it
>>> > could be developed into a *FREE* reader for MathML, like that provided
>>> by
>>> > K3000 .
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