[BlindMath] Accessible Math formulas in Blackboard

Sat Nov 9 23:06:23 UTC 2019

It's better than nothing, but can it do mathml? Not having math in braille
is a huge disadvantage.

On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 3:48 PM Emily Schlenker via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Well, voice over read it very well! I am not sure on PC, I will have to
> fire up the laptop.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 7, 2019, at 4:31 PM, Russell Solowoniuk via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm working with one of our eLearning specialists. They are trying to
> make their STATS 151 Blackboard course more accessible. In the past they
> were pasting screenshots of the formulas into the course, which isn't at
> all accessible.
> >
> > Now they are using the built-in Blackboard equations editor. The formula
> still goes in as a graphic, but the actual formula is placed into the alt
> text for that image. Below is an example, and I wonder if anyone familiar
> with Math can check this to see if it would be considered accessible? I
> read in a few places that this method is acceptable.
> >
> > Descriptive Measures for Population and Sample
> >
> > Population mean
> >
> > [mu equals fraction numerator sum for blank of x subscript i over
> denominator N end fraction]
> >
> > Population mean
> > [mu equals fraction numerator sum x subscript i over denominator N end
> fraction]
> >
> > Population standard deviation
> > [sigma equals square root of fraction numerator sum for blank of left
> parenthesis x subscript i minus mu right parenthesis squared over
> denominator N end fraction end root]
> >
> > =
> > [square root of fraction numerator sum for blank of x subscript i
> squared over denominator N end fraction minus mu squared end root]
> >
> > [x with bar on top equals fraction numerator sum for blank of x
> subscript i over denominator n end fraction]
> >
> > There's more to this formula, but just want to see what you all think.
> For some reason whenever there is a "Sum" in the formula the alt text "for
> blank of" follows the "sum" in the formula. They may be able to write a
> script for the "sum" symbol that eliminates "for blank of".
> >
> > Thanks for any feedback.
> >
> > Russell
> >
> >
> >
> > Russell Solowoniuk
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