[Blindmath] The ALEKS program for mathematics

[Dániel Hajas]

Amanda!
Unfortunately, can not help you in practical terms as never used the
programme, but I am guessing this is how the developer thought of
translating the mathematical symbols to a more verbal form for the screen
readers.
The idea can work as long as the pronounciation is good by the speech engine
but I doubt they would find words for everything that is necessary. 

Bests,
Dan

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 11:16 PM
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Subject: [Blindmath] The ALEKS program for mathematics

Hi,

This Fall Austin Community College will begin using ALEKS for developmental
math. My job this summer is to test it for accessibility
- figure out what works and what doesn't, so that blind students enrolled in
this course will have a smooth start this semester. First, have any of you
used the online ALEKS system for math? If so, how well did it work for you,
and what assistive technology do you use? Second, apparently ALEKS has an
accessibility mode intended for people using screen readers. I've been
testing it for the past month and have noticed something peculiar. An
example formula reads like this:

The area
ey
 of a circle with radius
r
 is given by the following formula.
ey equals Pie r begin exponent 2 end exponent Notice that what is intended
to be understood as the letter 'a' is written as the letter 'e' followed by
the letter 'y'. Also, Pi is misspelled! All symbols are spelled out as
words. Does anyone here know where this content came from?

Thanks,
Amanda Lacy

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