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

[John Gardner]

If you want to learn math Latex, there is a good tutorial and a basically
complete set of Latex math tables linked from http://www.access2science.com
John


-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of PR Stanley
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 3:57 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] mathplayer, jaws, and math in graphics?

The Latex source on wikibook and wikipedia is an absolute godsend.
it really isn't that hard to learn Latex. If anyone need to learn it 
for a college/university course, please don't hesitate to get in 
touch with me offlist.
Paul

At 23:31 02/04/2011, you wrote:
>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.
> >>>
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