[BlindMath] Preparing an Online Calculus Class

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
IBooks uses epub3 format which is like the super accessible, very advanced
PDF format that most books use.
Basically there are HTML files in the epub format that show mathML.
You can convert LaTeX to both epub and HTML in pandoc. This allows the user
to read the math in Braille or using their screen reader.
Images still need to be made tactile with Braille labels though with either
a graphics embosser like the View Plus Max or a PIAF machine.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Fahlberg, Tim R. (TCH) via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Alysia,
>
> I don't have a simple answer to your question but I do know that putting
> text and MathML  in an iBook makes it so that the book can be read aloud
> with VoiceOver and accessed using a refreshable braille device. What's
> needed now is an effort to convert math books to MathML & iBook form. Math
> iBooks could then be heard on an iPhone using VoiceOver while being
> displayed on a refreshable braille device for the Nemeth. And instead of a
> single line refreshable braille unit that's $2,000 - $5000 hopefully soon
> this year it'll be possible to display the ebook on a multiline braille
> ebook reader - the upcoming Canute from Bristol Braille (about $1,100 for a
> 9 x 40 = 360 character display - see http://bristolbraille.co.uk/
> canute.htm ).
>
> Tim Fahlberg
> Math Teacher
> WSBVI - Wisconsin School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1700 W. State St.
> Janesville, WI 53546
> 1-608-758-6100 x 5360
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of dslab via
> BlindMath
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 2:30 PM
> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Cc: dslab <dslab at cpcc.edu>
> Subject: [BlindMath] Preparing an Online Calculus Class
>
> Hello Everyone,
> I've got a teacher trying to prepare their online Calculus class for
> Visually Impaired or blind students.
> I reviewed one of her many assignments for accessibility but had no luck.
> Here is what I tried with both Word Math Editor and Math Type.
>
> *         Windows Narrator
>
> *         Microsoft Speak
>
> *         Zoomtext
>
> *         JAWS
>
> *         Read and Write (just as an experiment)
> None of the readers read the equations from the Words Math Editor
> correctly. JAWS and Narrator read the alternative text I entered with
> images produced by Math Type when starting a new line, but they would not
> read when I selected the specific images. Does anyone have any ideas about
> how to get the software to read appropriately?
> The students would be facing a complex combination of numbers letters and
> symbols that need to read: "F prime of ex equals one third ex to the
> negative two thirds equals one over three times the third root of ex
> squared."
>
> Thanks,
> Alysia Leak, MA, LMFTA
> Assistive Technology Specialists, Disability Services Central Campus,
> Terrell 201 PO Box 35009 Charlotte, NC  28235
> 704.330.2722 ext 3462
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