[BlindMath] What operating system and browswer for MathJax

[Mary Woodyard]

Hi Joy,

I am one of the least technical readers of this site but I am good at
looking at Math compatibility pages of the programs colleges require
students to use because I have a son in college who is still getting through
Math.  I will leave your more technical issues to others on this list, but I
did notice on their web page that the any operating system after WinXP,  the
only Browsers they claim will work with Jaws are IE and Firefox.
http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/misc/accessibility-features.html   I would
check to see what version of Windows they are using and what Browswer before
you go any further as this is in their documentation:

JAWS 	any 	WinXP 	DNA 	JAWS 15 was the last version to support
Windows XP but MathML support in JAWS starts with JAWS 16
JAWS 	Chrome 	any 	DNA 	JAWS only supports IE and Firefox
JAWS 	Firefox 	Win8.1 	+1 	no bugs
JAWS 	Firefox 	Win7 	+1 	no bugs
JAWS 	Firefox 	Win10 	+1 	no bugs
JAWS 	MS Edge 	Win10 	DNA 	JAWS only supports IE and Firefox
JAWS 	IE11 	Win8.1 	+1 	no bugs
JAWS 	IE10 	Win7 	+1 	no bugs
JAWS 	IE9 	Win7 	+1 	no bugs

If I am reading this correctly if your university computers are running
WinXP, JAWS 15 is probably being used and then Math ML will not be supported
and if you are running any later operating system and JAWS 16 then you need
to using Firefox or IE for your Browswer.  If you can confirm those settings
it might help narrow down where the problem is.  Ask them what version of
Jaws they are using and what operating system and make sure those variables
are in line with what the documentation states will work would be my advice.

Mary

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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:21:10 -0600
From: "Bruce&Joy Breslauer" <breslauerj at gmail.com>
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Subject: [BlindMath] Math Accessibility Question
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Hi.

 

I am new to the list.

 

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.     

 

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?  

 

Joy Breslauer, President

National Federation of the Blind of Montana 

 

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