[Blindmath] mathplayer, jaws, and math in graphics?

[Alex Hall]

I have run into this on many sites, including bitg ones like wikibooks
and wikipedia, so it would be no small thing for them to convert. It
is a shame that this will not work!

On 4/2/11, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> MathPlayer can only render MathML (not LaTeX) at this time, and only
> into speech (not into braille). It will show refreshable braille on
> the screen, but it will be the text string that it speaks, such as
> "Ay squared minus 3 x."
>
> A LaTeX source will not help in this regard, and MathML is not very
> suitable for alt text.
> I believe there are Jaws scripts being developed that turn LaTeX
> source code into spoken math (Jose knows more on this and I can dig up
> all the info and send it to you off-list).
> That would probably be your best bet.
> The other option would be to encourage the page designers to use
> MathML to create the images, and you can use MathPlayer to play them.
> They can check out MathJax (http://www.mathjax.org) for a way to
> create good looking math based on MathML that works in every browser
> that support Javascript.
> None of the MathML solutions will get you Nemeth code, however, a Word
> document with the math in it can be translated to Nemeth and embossed
> via Duxbury DBT 11.1 or ViewPlus TSS.
> hth
> -Birkir
>
> On 4/2/11, PR Stanley <prstanley at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> could you send us a sample?
>>
>> At 22:49 02/04/2011, you wrote:
>>>Hi all,
>>>I am trying to read some math notation. As is increasingly common,
>>>this notation is in a graphic and has its alt tag set to what appears
>>>to be latex notation. I downloaded Math Player, but it does not even
>>>show up in the list of add-ons (this is ie8, and I did restart the
>>>browser). I just want to read math without all the backslashes,
>>>braces, and commands (vec, frac, and all those). As it stands, I
>>>usually have no idea what the image is trying to say, which, of
>>>course, does me no good at all. I am using jaws 12.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Have a great day,
>>>Alex (msg sent from GMail website)
>>>mehgcap at gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap
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