[Blindmath] {Spam?} Re: math type accessibility with jaws screen reader,

Sat Feb 25 18:47:51 UTC 2017

I haven't used MathML generated from MathType in a while, however, feel free
to send me a sample and I can test it to check its accessibility with JAWS
and/or NVDA. I understand how frustrating obtaining accessible electronic
math material can be, having relied on my DSS office in undergraduate and
relied my DSS office couldn't be relied on in my graduate program to produce
it.

Zachary Mason
M.S. Student
Animal and Dairy Sciences
Mississippi State University

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screen reader, 

Hi Tolga.

I am just starting to learn this myself.  Feel free to ask questions.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher at swbell.net

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reader, 

Louis,

I will test this out on Monday afternoon and get back to you if I have any
problems, will this be okay please?

Regards,

Tolga.

On 25/02/2017, Louis Maher <ljmaher at swbell.net> wrote:
> Tolga,
>
> JAWS is enough.
>
>
> Regards
> Louis Maher
> Phone: 713-444-7838
> E-mail: ljmaher at swbell.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> tolga karatas via Blindmath
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 1:13 AM
> To: Louis Maher <ljmaher at swbell.net>
> Cc: tolga karatas <tolga.karatas2014 at gmail.com>; Blind Math list for 
> those interested in mathematics <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] math type accessibility with jaws screen 
> reader,
>
> Lewis,
>
> Many thanks for your message.
>
> Will I need in this case need to download the NVDA screen reader?
> because I currently have jaws 17.0.2727 installed on my laptop.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tolga.
>
> On 25/02/2017, Louis Maher <ljmaher at swbell.net> wrote:
>> Hello Tolga,
>>
>> If you are willing to learn LaTex, MathType is accessible for the 
>> blind with JAWS.  Here is a message I received from Neil Soiffer (I 
>> do not have a current e-mail address for Neil).  Note that while he 
>> talks about NVDA, MathTypes works well in JAWS.
>>
>> I do not think you need MathPlayer in JAWS.
>> -----
>> "You can use Word+NVDA+MathPlayer+MathType to author and read math if 
>> you are willing to learn the math component of LaTeX. If you already 
>> have a document with math in it, then the above combination will work 
>> for *reading *and navigating the math by speech. If you want to 
>> author math, then in Word you can type in some LaTeX between $ $ and 
>> use MathType to convert that into MathType math (so it looks nice), 
>> which can then be spoken and navigated.
>> Given that it is easy to make a mistake in LaTeX, hearing the math 
>> gives you a way to know that you have typed it correctly. If you 
>> didn't, then you convert it back into LaTeX and edit it and listen 
>> again.
>>
>> FYI: changing between LaTeX and vice-versa is done with ""Toggle TeX""
>> which
>> has the keyboard shortcut alt+\. As the name ""Toggle"" implies,
>> alt+\ will also change the MathType equation back to TeX.
>>
>> Here is a concrete example, if you want to write ""the integral from
>> 0 to
>> 10
>> of x times e to the negative 2x power, d x"", you would type into Word:
>> $\int_0^{10} x e^{-2 x} dx$ alt+\
>>
>> Press left arrow to move before the math to make NVDA read the math 
>> to
> you.
>> If you made a mistake, type alt+\ and move right to edit the LaTeX.
>>
>> FYI: when I initially typed the example, I made a common TeX error of 
>> not putting the ""10"" inside of {}s. Be careful to add braces to any 
>> subscript or superscript that is more than one character.
>>
>> Neil Soiffer
>> Use insert equations to start entering an equation.
>>
>> -----
>>
>> If you are on the image of an equation, you type alt+backslash and 
>> the equation will be converted to LaTex, and you can read and change it.
>>
>> I have attached an example file to try this.
>>
>>
>> I am just beginning to learn this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Louis Maher
>> Phone: 713-444-7838
>> E-mail: ljmaher at swbell.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> tolga karatas via Blindmath
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 4:45 PM
>> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: tolga karatas <tolga.karatas2014 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Blindmath] math type accessibility with jaws screen reader,
>>
>> Dear Sir/madam,
>>
>> I am a visually impaired studying a  degree in BSC Business 
>> Information
>> technology:
>>
>> I would like to use Math Type with a screen reader called Jaws, but 
>> jaws isn't user friendly with math type due to LaTEX not being user 
>> friendly either, how can I over come this challenge please? I really 
>> want to use math type with Jaws Screen reader, however, the 
>> accessibility is not their.
>>
>> Can someone advise me as to how I can solve this problem/challenge 
>> please?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yours Faithfully,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tolga Karatas
>>
>> I am a blind student studying BSC Business Information Technology.
>>
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