[Blindmath] IOS7 and math support

[Andrew Stacey]

I have some ePub3s with MathML in them if anyone would like to use them to try
out iBooks' accessibility.

This one is quite long, and the maths is graduate-level:

http://www.math.ntnu.no/~stacey/documents/diffloop.epub

This one is about quaternions (aimed at graphical programmers):

http://www.math.ntnu.no/~stacey/documents/Quaternion.epub

This one is about shaders in OpenGL programming (but still has some maths in
it):

http://www.math.ntnu.no/~stacey/documents/Shaders.epub

I create these from LaTeX source using a class that I've developed for
converting LaTeX documents into XHTML or ePub3 so I can make webpages, PDFs,
and ePub3s from the same source code.  The fact that iBooks has (some) support
for MathML was one of the reasons why I developed this.

Andrew Stacey

On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 08:08:40PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> If you have an ePub with MathML, then I believe you can just load
> that into IBooks. Load it into IBooks either by using iTunes data
> sharing or may be simpler attach it to an email and send it to
> yourself, and open the attachment using the IOS device and use the
> button for "Open in IBooks".
> 
> Unfortunately I do not have an ePub with MathML content to try this,
> but I do hope that the math support extends to IBooks and that
> authors do use MathML when inserting math into ePub files.
> 
> Michael Whapples
> On 05/10/2013 19:47, Kevin Fjelsted wrote:
> >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>
> >>~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor ~
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