[Blindmath] Charts in Excel 2007>

[Mike Moore]

Hello to all,

I have been used to Excel 2003, where manipulating the series, plot area,
value axis was performed using CTRL and TAB after pressing Alt. In 2007 this
seems to no longer work and JFW 12 does not read the description of the
chart either.

Ok, I am thick, but am I missing something?!

Thanks in advance,

Mike Moore
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   1. Math Accessibility petition text, any ideas/suggstions?
      (Birkir R. Gunnarsson)


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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:59:46 +0000
From: "Birkir R. Gunnarsson" <birkir.gunnarsson at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Blindmath] Math Accessibility petition text, any
	ideas/suggstions?
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Hey folks

Following up on our discussion last week I wanted to gage your ideas for a
text you feel justified and righteous about signing with regards to better
math accessibility through your favorite screen reading software.
Once we have a text we are happy with the petition can be created, either
with help of my good colleague Tim, who did the WayFinder petition or, if he
is too busy, I used a site called www.thepetitionsite.com.
I am not sure if creating a petition there is accessible (I can get sighted
help) but signing it was no problem (the only accessibility issue was that
the sign/submit button has no label, but it is the only button on the page,
also error messages are not displayed, I left a field blank to test this).
They also ask for address and email and try to trick you into automatically
participate in another survey for a "good cause", but unchecking the chex
box before submitting takes care of that.

So, what about a potential text?
I can start by suggesting (and this is not partiularely great but it is a
start)

"Though screen reading has come a long way in many ways, such as online
functionality and compatibility with the latest and greatest entertainment
programs, there has been precious little development with regards to math
accessibility in recent years.
Better accessibility to mathematical information such as formulas and
equations, via speech or refreshable braille, can often mean the difference
between success and failure for those who want to study math and use it as
part of their careers.
A lot of academic studies have been conducted to research better
accessibility to mathematics, but , for the most part, the results have
failed to make their way into any of the major screen readers.
With a wider adoption of standards such as MathML for web pages and other
electronic documents, we now have an opportunity to access math in new and
reliable ways, but it is up to the screen reading software we use to
interpret such information and relay it to us in a reliable and consistent
manner.
Therefore, we hereby express our interest and hope that your screen reading
company will take a closer look at the needs of professionals who rely on
being able to use mathematics in their daily lives. Your math accessibility
features will definitely strongly influence our purchasing decissions with
regards to Assistive Technology in future.
"

Feel free to alter this text or suggest an entirely new text to replace it,
but definitely I hope you participate and we can create something together.
Thanks and be well
-Birkir



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