[Blindmath] A query about accessibility through a screen reader of mathematical content

[Godfrey, Jonathan]

Hello,

I'm far from convinced that the tex4ht solution is viable. I did use it under miktex2.8 but under 2.9 it is not functioning at all well.

Jason: If you do have this working then please do share your workflow as getting it going would be very useful. In my opinion, tex4ht was the best conversion tool I've seen, mostly because it could handle the definitions created by the document's author. I am yet to see another comprehensive conversion tool that  expands the range of LaTeX commands it handles over the basics or a very limited number of add-on packages for LaTeX.

Jonathan


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Subject: Re: [Blindmath] A query about accessibility through a screen reader of mathematical content



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>From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>Saaqib Mahmuud via Blindmath
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>The above procedure produces a PDF file with the mathematical content 
>with the formatting I'd done using the LATEX commands.
>
>Now my question is, is the mathematical content of this PDF file going 
>to be accessible (and, if so, to what extent?) to a blind user through 
>a screen reading program such as JAWS, NVDA, or WinEyes?

No, it isn't going to be accessible. However, you can run tex4ht (including in many TeX distributions) to convert your source document into HTML+MathML, which will be much more accessible, provided the recipient is using a screen reader that supports MathML.

You can also share your source file, which should be as accessible to the recipient as it is to you.


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