[NFBCS] Accessible math content

[Edgar Lozano]

Hello,

This is an interest of mine (finding ways to make math accessible to
people who are visually impaired). When I was at university, I worked
as a software dev assistant for Pearson. In my role, I was able to
work alongside a developer who was working on an accessible equation
editor. I assisted in getting the ball rolling in introducing ARIA,
MathML, etc to this fellow developer. We used ArIA and a set of custom
rules to facilitate speech for keyboard entry and entering symbols
into this custom editor. We also managed to implement a working
Braille system wherein Nemeth Braille was generated and the
possibility of entering equations with a braille display was possible.
When I left, I was helping in efforts to improve self-voicing
capabilities. I'm unaware of the state of the project at the moment as
I am at a new position, but I still have communication with the main
developer working the project. I'd be happy to answer some question
and possibly begin a conversation with him. Just let me know if this
is an interest, and I can provide a more formal email address. I use
this email address for email list subscriptions.

Thanks.

Edgar


On 7/15/19, Michael Ausbun via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>                Greetings Federation Family,
>                At work, I am working on a project right now, to ensure equal
> access for *all* people to our math content. We are an entirely online
> university. We have fairly consistent results rendering our math content
> into accessible electronic braille, but we are looking for a solution for
> those users who may not be braille readers or who are not strong braille
> users. Although we could provide readers (and have in the past), we would
> like to discover a consistent, accessible solution to allow screen readers
> to interpret and properly convey content of math equations to our students.
> Doing lots of research, I have found a lot of conflicting information, and I
> thought who better to ask than my federation family. Any suggestions would
> be highly valued!
>                As I understand it, the issue here seems to consistently be
> both user agent related or assistive technology related (inclusive
> disjunction, here).
> Respectfully,
> michael
>
>
> --
> Michael Duane Ausbun, MA
> Specialist, Learning Experience,
> Universal Design and Accessibility Team
> Salt Lake City, Utah
> [WGU Learning Experience]
>
> Western Governors University
> 4001 South 700 East, Suite 700
> Salt Lake City, UT 84107
> Michael.ausbun at wgu.edu
>
>
> [Western Governors University]<wgu.edu>
>
>
>
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBCS
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 1:17 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org>; Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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> -thanks
> -Brian
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