[BlindMath] Math Not Accessible In Gemini

[Fawaz abdul rahman]

2 things I can suggest are:
- add to the prompt in the beginning of a chat session your preferences.
- if you are able to, try Chat GPT, I find it personally more accessible
and much better at following the instructions. But if you only have access
to Gemini, then prompting would be your best friend I believe. Unless you
use another frontend interface as it was suggested.
Good luck.

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM Diego Vicioso via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> This is an issue with the gemini frontend. If you want to avoid this,
> there are custom clients out there that allow you to use multiple models,
> including gemini, with full accessibility. The one I use for this called
> librechat. https://www.librechat.ai/
>
> Note that setting this up will require some technical know-how, but in my
> experience, it's definitely worth the effort.
>
> Diego Vicioso.
>
> > On Jan 14, 2026, at 7:59 AM, Bhavya shah via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I like using Gemini to deepen my understanding of Math and CS topics.
> > However, in its responses, equations, variables, and other mathematical
> > content is often rendered in a way that NVDA doesn’t pick up on.
> >
> >
> >
> > For instance: “v sub w when  is a center word.” Notice how between “when”
> > and “is” there is an extra space. Here, there almost certainly is a “w”
> > there that my screen reader is missing. Often, entire equations are
> > inaccessible. This occurs on both Chrome and Firefox.
> >
> >
> >
> > To address this, I’ve tried adding system prompts/memories/personal
> context
> > to Gemini about my preference for plain text for all Math content; yet,
> > Gemini 3 Pro/Thinking continues to occasionally forget.
> >
> >
> >
> > Have you experienced this issue? Do you have any advice on making Gemini
> > output Math that is always accessible, whether it be plain text or Math
> ML?
> > I’d be grateful for all your inputs.
> >
> >
> >
> > With warm regards,
> >
> > Bhavya Shah
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