[Blindmath] StatsPortal and accessible material/eBook guidance ...

[Dániel Hajas]

Hello Jeff,

I would say get the LaTeX source for the math expressions and read them with
latex access. This way you don't need to worry about the version of IE.

Bests,
Dan

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Subject: [Blindmath] StatsPortal and accessible material/eBook guidance ...

Hello Everyone,

I have had a request from our University math college to work with a
professor in making content more accessible for her Statistics class.

I had a number of questions if it would be OK:


1.        Has anyone used StatsPortal by chance and if so is it accessible?
This is the site:

http://courses.bfwpub.com/ips6e.php

They supposedly have a 508 compliant version of their site but I am unsure
what that means for all practical purposes.


2.        The professor is writing her own EBook and will distribute it in
PDF file format. She is using LaTeX notation for the math equations as I
understand it. Do you think this is sufficient or would you suggest an
alternative approach in conveying the mathematical equations? For example,
perhaps converting them to MathML perhaps?


I know that MathML (using the MathPlayer plugin) only works with older
Internet Explorer browsers so I am unsure if that is really a viable
platform at the moment?

Any advice on these issues is hugely and graciously appreciated.

Thanks everyone,

Jeff Bishop

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