[BlindMath] Areas still to work on?

Jonathan Fine jfine2358 at gmail.com
Sun May 31 17:24:49 UTC 2026


Hi

This is a very interesting thread. I'm sighted, and reading your comments
educates me. I'm trained as a pure mathematician.

Here are two comments regarding accessibility and mathematics as a formal
and highly symbolic language.

The first is that the symbols used depend on the context. I think having a
list of relevant symbols (and their meanings) will be a great help.

The second is that we could use pre-recorded or pre-generated speech for
the most common symbols, instead of generic text to speech.

To summarize, I'm suggesting that we consider creating a mode specially
designed for authoring and speaking mathematics. In this maths mode there
can be a context, which is a short list of common or allowed symbols.

I hope this is clear. I welcome comments. Please you'd like some examples.

with best wishes
Jonathan


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