[Blindmath] An Example of How MathML Pronunciation Could be Wrong

Roopakshi Pathania r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 17 16:57:31 UTC 2011


I have always known this, but while looking through websites using MathML for my article for Access2Science, I found an actual example.

The equation here is the statement for Bayes' Theorem in MathML as well as in LaTeX.
Those who don't know Bayes' theorem, but have studied with the help of MathML and LaTeX will be able to spot the difference.
Note that I cannot say whether the irregularity is due to the way it is pronounced, or due to the underlying code.
In any case, this is just an example to show that MathML can on occasions be pronounced incorrectly, and not a signal to spark another MathML vs LaTeX debate.

open  cap ay divides cap bee  close equals. fraction  cap pr  open  cap bee  divides  cap ay  close  cap pr  open  cap ay  close over,  cap pr  open  cap bee  close, end fraction.

http://xbeta.org/wiki/show/Bayes%27+theorem

P(A|B) = \frac{P(B|A)\, P(A)}{P(B)}.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes'_theorem

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