[Blindmath] IOS7 and math support

[Kevin Fjelsted]

Are there any iBook EPub applications that we can see as samples for Nemeth presentation on IOS?

-Kevin

On Oct 5, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Ed Summers <Ed.Summers at sas.com> wrote:

> Neil, The math on that page did not display correctly on my iPad running iOS 7.0.2.
> 
> I believe iOS7 does a good job with presentation MathML in Safari and iBooks. Check out this very simple test page from W3C:
> http://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/pmathml2.xml
> 
> There are a few features of this new support that should be noted:
> 
> It is a multimodal experience that supports Nemeth, spoken math, and  support for low vision users. This support is tightly integrated so a user can read with their fingers, eyes and ears at the same time. I think there are two very powerful consequences:
> 1 - it is an easy way to learn Nemeth code.
> 2 - it is a nice way for a sighted general ed math teacher to work with students with visual impairments, i.e. the general ed math teacher does not have to know the Nemeth code.
> 
> To see this behavior in action:
> Turn on Voiceover on your iOS device.
> Connect a braille display.
> Open the url above in Safari.
> Move the VO cursor to an equation on that page.
> Observe that VO reads the equation using speech and displays it on the braille display.
> Play with the rotor and note that you can read the equation by symbol, small expresions, large expressions, etc.
> Activate the equation with a double tap, 3-6-chord, etc and view the equation in full screen mode.
> Move through the equation using the VO cursor and drill down on an expression or term to view it alone in full screen mode.
> 
> Best,
> Ed
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Oct 5, 2013, at 11:47 AM, "Neil Soiffer" <NeilS at dessci.com<mailto:NeilS at dessci.com>> wrote:
> 
> If you want some simple math to try out, take a look at the site
> onemathematicalcat.org<http://onemathematicalcat.org>.  It has alg 1, alg 2, and geometry.  Susan said she
> had problems there but she had IOS 7 problems.  Hopefully others will have
> more success.  Here's a sample page with some simple fractions and powers:
> http://www.onemathematicalcat.org/algebra_book/online_problems/el_recip.htm
> 
> Neil Soiffer
> Senior Scientist
> Design Science, Inc.
> www.dessci.com<http://www.dessci.com>
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