[Blindmath] MathType and JAWS

Wed Oct 19 16:59:44 UTC 2011

Glad that worked for you. In cases where one knows that the file being created is only going to be used in IE, the "IE behavior" may indeed be the simplest worry-free route. When the file is being uploaded to a website for widespread use, then XHTML+MathML is the usual recommendation, since that provides for display in several browser platforms. For instance, if the math teacher was creating a set of homework problems to load to a website for all students in the class, then the xht file would be more widely supported, and any students who were using assistive technology would just need to be sure to open the file in IE. Of course, if the university is loading math pages to a website, they might as well use MathJax (http://www.mathjax.org/) on the server end, since that will serve MathML without having to be locked into a particular browser (other than the need for a person using assistive technology, in which case IE is still the way to go at the moment).

--Steve Noble

>>> Bente Casile <bjcasile at waketech.edu> 10/19/2011 12:45 PM >>>
You were all so wonderful to try to help and yes the piece that I was
missing was in the equations box to choose MathPlayer (IE behavior) from
the drop down.  That allowed me to select IE 5 or greater as my target
browser and JAWS is reading it perfectly...and there was much joyous
celebration !!  Thank you all.

Bente J. Casile
Math Learning Specialist
Disability Services
Holding Hall Room 124
Wake Technical Community College 
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>>> Nirmal Verma <nirmalkatara at gmail.com> 10/19/2011 12:36 PM >>>
Dear Bente,

dont feel stupid, you are perhaps missing only one point. you should
choose :MathPlayer
(IE behavior)" . and every thing would be fine.

i am giving the process of publishing as math page. please tell me if
it
works

To publish a Word document to a web page using MathType’s MathPage
technology, follow these steps:

   1. Save your Word document.
   2. Choose the Publish to MathPage command from Word’s MathType
toolbar,
   menu or Ribbon tab.
   3. Edit the Title as necessary. It will appear in the browser’s
title
   bar.
   4. Choose the File Name for the web page. The default is to save it
in
   the same folder as the Word document, but with a .htm extension. You
can
   either type in the name of the file or click Browse… and choose it
in the
   Save dialog.
   5. If you’d like to view the page once it’s been generated,
check the
   Display in default browser checkbox.
   6. Now you must decide how you want the document’s equations
displayed in
   the browser. Since you’re creating an accessible web page, you
should select
   MathML using and choose either XHTML+MathML or MathPlayer (IE
behavior) from
   the list. You may notice an option labeled MathZoom that is
available only
   for images and not for MathML. That’s because this option is
enabled
   automatically when people view your web page in Internet Explorer
with
   MathPlayer.
   7. The settings for this web page will be saved in the Word
document, and
   displayed in the dialog if you run this command again. You can also
use
   these settings (other than Title and File Name) as the default
values for
   other web pages by checking the Use settings as defaults checkbox.
   8. Click OK to generate the web page. You’ll see a progress
dialog
   appear, and when the page has been generated it will open up in your
default
   browser (if you selected this option).

You should examine the web page and if you find any problems, modify
the
original Word document and run this command again.

Nirmal VErma

India Lead, Bookshare

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Bente Casile <bjcasile at waketech.edu>
wrote:

> I am trying to create documents with MathType that can be read by
JAWS.  I
> am saving, selecting publish to a math page, display in default
browser
> (which always chooses Firefox even though I try to change it on my
control
> panel to IE) selecting all browsers, and checking the box for saving
with
> MathML.  When my computer generates the local web page JAWS does not
read
> the math correctly.  I have installed Math Player.  Does anyone know
what I
> am doing wrong??  Feeling pretty stupid right now.
>
> Bente
>
> Bente J. Casile
> Math Learning Specialist
> Disability Services
> Holding Hall Room 124
> Wake Technical Community College
>  Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the
North
> Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by
an
> authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132).  Student educational
records are
> subject to FERPA.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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