[BlindMath] Reading Math with NVDA

[Neil Soiffer]

If you are using MathPlayer, then it looks like it is using a pitch change
to indicate a capital letter. It is possible to change that to use a word
such as "cap" also or instead of the pitch change, but that is more
involved and requires changing the contents of a MathPlayer file (maybe
four lines or so). If you want to do that, let me know and I'll let you
know what file/lines to change.

If you are using MathCAT, it will follow the NVDA settings for "cap",
pitch, and beep set in the NVDA settings speech dialog.

    Neil


On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 11:34 AM Nicholas J via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thank you for the very helpful and detailed response.
>
> Is there any way to have NVDA indicate capital letters in math
> equations through speech?
>
> Thank you,
> Nicholas
>
> On 1/24/23, Neil Soiffer via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Based on what you wrote, I am guessing that the problematic content was
> > written in MathML and that you are using MathPlayer for your math reading
> > experience. If that is true and you want to continue using MathPlayer:
> > 1. open up the windows control panel
> > 2. in the search panel (I think it opens with the focus in the search
> > panel), type MathPlayer and then open it
> > 3. in the subject area drop down of the MathPlayer control panel, select
> > "Probability & Statistics"
> > 4. under "Speech for chemical formulas" in the MathPlayer control panel,
> > choose the "Off (H sub 2 O)" radio button
> > 5. click "ok"
> >
> > This should remove the chemistry interpretation and add some specialized
> > speech for statistics.
> >
> > You can also switch to using the MathCAT or Access8Math addons. I don't
> > believe either of them will generate chemistry speech. As the author of
> > MathCAT (and also MathPlayer), I can say the next MathCAT update does
> > support chemistry but is much better at distinguishing between chemistry
> > and math and won't make that mistake. Like MathPlayer, MathCAT also has
> an
> > option to turn off chemistry speech (accessible from the NVDA settings
> menu
> > if MathCAT is installed) in case it is overly aggressive at guessing that
> > something is chemistry. The next update of MathCAT is "any week now", but
> > sadly that's been true for about two months as I add tweaks and work with
> > translators for Vietnamese and Indonesian translations.
> >
> > MathCAT currently has little to no rules for specialized speech for
> > statistics. I would be grateful if you or anyone else would file issues
> on
> > github <https://github.com/NSoiffer/MathCAT/issues> listing notations
> you
> > would like to hear pronounced better, whether it is statistics or
> anything
> > else. Adding speech for various topic areas will likely be a focus for
> > MathCAT improvement later in the year.
> >
> > Neil Soiffer
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 2:20 PM Nicholas J via BlindMath <
> > blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I want to use NVDA with statistical content in statistics courses. It
> >> reads most things well. In a few places, it reads P(h) as phosphorous
> >> open paren hydrogen close paren. Are there any settings in NVDA that
> >> would make it read statistical content and other math correctly?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Nicholas
> >>
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