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

[Alex Hall]

That will be quite helpful, thanks!

On 4/2/11, John Gardner <john.gardner at orst.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
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> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] mathplayer, jaws, and math in graphics?
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> 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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