[Blindmath] Pearson Accessible Equation Editor

[Dooley, Sam]

Hi Brandon,

Thanks for the feedback!

I agree that braille and speech are two important ways folks should have to
interact with online mathematics.  We are interested in adding speech
support to the work we have done to support online braille, but we're not
there just yet.

Import/export functions are also on our plan, with the first target being
content MathML since the round-trip support is trivial.  If there are
specific output formats that would be of interest, please let us know.

Sam

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs via Blindmath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> This is really awesome!
> Would it be possible to have the qwerty editor work with screen readers as
> well?
> Many blind people do not read Braille, but still need a way to communicate
> with their instructors.
> There are also blind people who prefer to use text to write rather than
> Braille, even if they do know Braille.
> This editor could be made to work pretty easily and would just need some
> export functions.
> For example, because NVDA does not say anything for the current characters,
> when someone arrows over them, an alert can say what the character is.
> Another thing that could happen is an NVDA addon could be developed and all
> the symbols could be added.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Dooley, Sam via Blindmath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I would like to announce the Pearson Accessible Equation Editor.
> >
> > http://accessibility.pearson.com/mathex-app/
> >
> > The accessible equation editor allows sighted and visually-impaired users
> > to enter math expressions into a web page, which can immediately be read
> by
> > another user looking at the same page.  The equation editor supports
> > real-time translations from printed math to braille, and from braille to
> > printed math.  Details for how to use the editor may be found on the web
> > site.
> >
> > This equation editor has been used in the Pearson TestNav Assessment
> System
> > to collect over 15 million instances of Content MathML within the last
> > year, and has recently been extended to support the output and input of
> > Nemeth Braille using a refreshable braille device.
> >
> > The braille support in the equation editor is still a very early alpha
> > version, but already includes a wide range of math notations.  Web site
> > access is free while testing is ongoing to bring the editor to a
> > product-ready state.  User documentation is also forthcoming, and so your
> > feedback on any aspect of the editor would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I will be presenting four talks related to the equation editor at the
> CSUN
> > conference in San Diego from March 23-25, and I would be very interested
> to
> > meet with anyone on this list who will be there.
> >
> > Sam Dooley
> > Pearson
> >
> > *Sam Dooley* | Manager, Software Development
> > *sam.dooley at pearson.com <sam.dooley at pearson.com>* | *Pearson* Always
> > Learning
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