[NFBCS] Accessible math content

Tue Jul 16 18:06:19 UTC 2019

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Edgar

On 7/16/19, Michael Ausbun via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Edgar,
> I appreciate your thoughtful response. I have been in communication with
> Sam; what yall worked on was fantastic. I'll follow up with you off-list.
> Amanda,
> With a majority of our student population falling beyond 30, the probability
> is much higher than in standard brick and morter universities. With the
> other half of the conjunction enphasising the lack of braille literacy for
> most blind folks in general, my initial concern still applies. Weather or
> not there are *a majority* of blind students under or over the age of 55, an
> accessible solution which includes this population is still necessary.
> Thanks,
> --
> 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 Amanda Lacy via NFBCS
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 10:52 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Accessible math content
>
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> Most blind people may be over 55 but I doubt most blind *students* are over
> 55.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 16, 2019, at 11:00 AM, Edgar Lozano via NFBCS
>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>
>> 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<mailto: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<mailto:Michael.ausbun at wgu.edu>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Western Governors University]<wgu.edu>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org>>
>>> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBCS
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>>> Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org<mailto:buhrow at nfbcal.org>>; Bryan
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>>>
>>> -thanks
>>> -Brian
>>>
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