[BlindMath] Reading Math with NVDA

[Nicholas J]

Hello Neil,

Thank you for your response. I only hear the pitch change when typing
a capital letter, but not when reading math using MathPlayer. Is there
a way to have the pitch change occur when also reading math?

Thank you,
Nicholas

On 1/29/23, Neil Soiffer <soiffer at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 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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