[Nfb-science] reading equations

[Noble,Stephen L.]

You cannot currently read equations natively within a Word document. I do have a development version of Window-Eyes which will indeed do just that, but it was created for a research project and is not now commercially available. Currently, one has to use MathType and export the Word doc as HTML+MathML, using MathType's "publish to MathPage" function. One cannot save as XML from Word's "save as" menu; one has to use MathType's "publish to MathPage" utility. One that is done, the resulting HTML file will contain MathML for all the math equations, and assuming one has MathPlayer installed and opens the file with Internet Explorer, then JAWS or most other major screen readers will read the math.

Steve Noble
steve.noble at louisville.edu
502-969-3088
http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble  
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From: Nfb-science [nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Amy Bower [abower at whoi.edu]
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Subject: [Nfb-science] reading equations

Hi All - I'm guessing this question would be better posted to the blind math
list serve, but I don't belong to that and I'm hoping some of you will know
how to direct me. I apologize in advance if the question has been covered
recently or is common knowledge (except to me).



I read some information on the Creative Designs web site about accessible
math, and I got the impression that is possible for math equations to be
read accurately by a screen reader. I'm hoping someone can direct me to a
simple primer on how to set everything up to do this. For example, I have a
MS Word 2010 document in which the author has inserted many equations using
Microsoft Equation Editor, which I think is Mathtype. Do I just save this
document as a .xml file? And then what?  I downloaded MathPlay, which seems
to be a necessary component, but I don't get  how this all plays together
with Jaws (the screen reader I'm using). A step-by-step list of what to do
would be most appreciated.



Thanks.

Amy B.



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