[Blindmath] JAWS and Nemeth - Newbie question

[Jose Tamayo]

Please see my answers in the original text:



-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Kodeswaran, Balaji
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:53 AM
To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] JAWS and Nemeth - Newbie question

Hello,

We are working on building websites that students (K-12) would use for
taking tests. One of our requirements is to be able to deliver simple math
expressions in Nemeth to students using refreshable Braille displays. Our
users primarily use Firefox as the web browser and JAWS as the screen
reader.

1. Is there a way for JAWS to render Nemeth to a refreshable Braille
display. We have control over our web site so we can embed the math
expression as MathML, Latex etc - whatever JAWS can understand

[JT]:  JAWS will not speak Nemeth Math properly.  JAWS will render the
Braille but it will have to be in Grade 1.  As long as the person can read
the refreshable Braille, JAWS will render it.  Just don't use grade 2.  Use
grade 1.  Don't forget:  JAWS will not speak the Braille.  If you want to
use UEB, I don't know how to get it working because I prefer Nemeth Braille
to UEB.


2. If JAWS cannot translate to Nemeth on the fly, we can do the translation
on our end (using DBT or liblouis) and embed on the page 

[JT]:  Do the translation first and don't forget that JAWS will not be able
to read the Nemeth properly.  There are some projects working on this but
nothing available yet.

somewhere but we don't see how to get this to the RBD through JAWS

Any help or insights on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 

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