[BlindMath] BlindMath Digest, Vol 129, Issue 17

[Tolga Karatas]

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>   1. Math Accessibility Question (Bruce&Joy Breslauer)
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> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:21:10 -0600
> From: "Bruce&Joy Breslauer" <breslauerj at gmail.com>
> To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [BlindMath] Math Accessibility Question
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> Hi.
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> I am new to the list.
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> I am the President of the NFB of Montana, and I was contacted last week by
> the Disabled Student Services manager at one of our universities regarding a
> blind student.  He is supposed to take the MPlex math test in order to
> determine which math class to enroll in.  The school ordered a program called
> Math Jax which is supposed to be compatible with JAWS, but the student says
> he can't get it to work for him.  The person who called me doesn't know if
> the student needs a Braille display to do the equations on or what.  I don't
> know if this is a technology compatibility question or a student education on
> how to use the software question.  I had a friend look up Math Jax on the web
> and they have a demo page, but JAWS wouldn't read the equation.  We didn't
> know if that was because the demo isn't set up with the accessibility
> features enabled, or what the reason was.     
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> The student needs a way to decipher the equations, to do them, and to show
> his work so that they know whether or not he does them correctly.  I had a
> computer programmer friend of mine look up Math Jax, and it has a Java
> component which seems to interfere with the interaction between it and JAWS.
> I would like to help this student.  Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks.
> Does anyone know of another program that might work better with MPlex, or
> what program he might use successfully at the university?  
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> Joy Breslauer, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Montana 
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