[BlindMath] Math with jaws

[Michael Cantino]

Thanks for sharing the Pearson Equation Editor
<https://accessibility.pearson.com/resources/aee/about/index.php>, Sarah! I
did a quick test with JAWS and VoiceOver (on Mac, not iOS), and it worked
reasonably well with Nemeth. The site says that it works with JAWS and
NVDA, but I had some success with VoiceOver. When you enter the notation in
Nemeth, it immediately appears in print on screen. I was still able to read
the correct Nemeth notation on my braille display.
There were some characters that it didn't recognize, like ellipses.
Entering some complex content isn't very intuitive. I tried writing a
complex fraction (fraction within a fraction). If I tried to write the
whole thing out myself, then the editor didn't recognize all of the
characters. The editor tries to autofill parts of the complex fraction for
you. If you are carefully reviewing the information on your braille display
and utilizing the autofilled portions of the fraction, you can actually
write the complex fraction correctly.

I think this would work well for math that is not too complex. I think the
JAWS math is still a little better, but this is definitely a handy tool to
have available.

Sukriti, if you want assistance trying to use this tool, you can email me
directly. I didn't dig into any of the documentation yet, but a couple of
steps jumped out at me as potentially preventing you from accessing the
editor as desired.

   - When first opening the editor, make sure you select the "Braille Math
   Entry" link
   - Once the editor tool is up, you may need to toggle the "Keyboard"
   button for the editor to enable braille entry rather than QWERTY keyboard
   entry.

Michael Cantino (he/him)
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Northwest Regional Education Service District
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