[Blindmath] Somewhat positive yet disappointing press release

[Birkir R. Gunnarsson]

Jose

Neil will probably give a further analysis of this situation.
In general MathPlayer works fairly independently of screen readers
(turning MathML expressions into strings for speech and then passing
them on to the screen reader), so a lot of this work can be done
independently of a particular screen reader vendor, and benefit all
screen reader users.
When it comes to braille, this press release does not state whether
braille support will be added, but Neil has said previously on this
list that braille will be included in MathPlayer 3.
I am not sure about the specific interactions between a third party
app and the screen reader when it comes to braille, and if braille is
left out of this development altogether, I will be very disappointed,
and will claim this is still sorely lacking for blind folks interested
in math (a few people may be able to do math without braille, I have
found it near impossible, so have many of my blind peers).
That being said, it is quite possible that GW Micro (who are mentioned
in the release) simply showed more interest than FS, who are often
(and I do not mean this as any sort of screen reader vendor bashing)
not interested in more specialized projects in my experience. I also
would like to see NVDA engage more with math and science.

May be we can, as users, encouraged them to get on board. I believe
Jaws and NVDA compatibility is near essential for this project to
fully succeed,, if a particular screen reader is required to render
the math.
Cheers
-B

On 5/26/11, Jose Tamayo <jtblas at hotmail.com> wrote:
> In the press release below, JAWS is not mentioned at all.  This is such a
> significant press release yet a market player such as JAWS is not even
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