[BlindMath] JAWS, maths Braille on webpages, and status cells

[Bert Van Landeghem]

Dear Robin,

Thanks for the update. That would indeed be nice if you could follow this
up. I also seem to remember that you need to use a particular type of
contracted braille to be able to read the Nemeth code, so if this
restriction could be removed as well that would be beneficial too.

Kind regards,
Bert


On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 14:44, Robin Williams via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick tip in case anyone isn't aware of the following. I've spent
> too long trying to work out why mathematical content doesn't render in
> Nemeth Braille on webpages, as described by Freedom Scientific at the
> following URL:
>
> https://www.freedomscientific.com/training/teachers/accessing-math-content-with-jaws-and-fusion/
> I could read the Nemeth code after pressing enter to activate the equation
> viewer, but the mathematical content would not show in Braille at all
> without doing so, I was just presented with the word 'math' on my Braille
> display. It turns out that this was because I had status cells disabled on
> my Braille display. In order to see the mathematical content immediately,
> it seems you need to enable status cells in the JAWS Braille settings. If,
> like me, you don't make use of the status cells, this is somewhat annoying.
> I guess the mathematical content and status cells must somehow be linked. I
> plan to ask Freedom Scientific about this, perhaps there is a reason of
> which I'm not aware, otherwise it would be nice to get rid of this
> behaviour.
>
> HTH,
> Robin
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