[Blindmath] Accessible display format for matrices

[Birkir R. Gunnarsson]

Yes, the pronounciation of symbols such as ; is usually controlled by
the verbosity settings of the screen reader in question.
Users need to set the appropriate verbosity level to make sure that
non-alphabet characters are pronounced when they want them to be.


On 11/15/11, Ben Humphreys <brh at opticinspiration.org> wrote:
> I have a textbook in PDF format that made use of the theta character,
> which JAWS glossed over without pronouncing.
>
> Once I selected that character and added it to the dictionary, it's
> been reading quite nicely ever since.
>
> So don't be afraid from using special unicode characters, since JAWS
> can have its custom dictionary modified to read them quite nicely.
>
> The only downside I see to this is the difficulty of inserting such
> characters when creating new content and the difficulty of
> representing them in plain ASCII text in a Notepad type
> application.  Here the  | wins hands down over a more elaborate
> unicode character.
>
> Ben
>
>
> At 08:02 AM 11/15/2011, you wrote:
>>Maybe there is a unicode
>>character that could be used to create the vertical bars that typically
>>appear on printed matrices. If so, I wonder how a screen reader would treat
>>those characters.
>> > Blindmath:
>> >
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