[BlindMath] We: Current strategies regarding accessible mathematics

[Jonathan Godfrey]

Hello Brian,

Two things.

1. I want to see a button in the editors that people are using that gives them HTML just like the button that gives them pdf.
2. My markdown documents can embed the MathJax rather than rely on a server connection. Yes, that increases the ultimate file size, but functionality for the sighted world does come at a price; using MathJax doesn't increase that price in order to provide  better access for blind people.


Loving this conversation.
Jonathan


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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Dunn via BlindMath
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Subject: Re: [BlindMath] We: Current strategies regarding accessible mathematics

On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:02:03 +0000
Jonathan Godfrey via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> We will always be running to stand still until the tools that edit and 
> process LaTeX offer the solutions of accessible content to the end user.
> Those tools must be as easy to use as the process that creates the pdf.

These days TeX4ht, LaTeXML, and Lwarp are very easy to use.  In the case of math, is MathJax output sufficiently accessible?  What else could the tools provide that would help?

As an aside, a flaw that I see in MathJax is the reliance on a server, so I shall try to make Lwarp have a way to specify the server in an independent user-adjustable CSS file instead of having the selection be embedded in the HTML. Already I have seen a recommended server slow down at times with today's typical demand. Imagine if the documents using MathJax increased by an order of magnitude or two...


Brian

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