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Re: Question - Presenting simple mathematic expression

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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Apr 30, 2014 8:23AM

I understand that the latest version of box for Google Chrome supports math checks.

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> On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Joe Chidzik < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> MathJax provides a way of using TeX notation to display equations. There is also pretty good accessibility support provided by MathJax. http://www.mathjax.org/resources/articles-and-presentations/accessible-pages-with-mathjax/
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> Without using some sort of plugin, or markup, I can't think of a simple way of conveying mathematical semantics short of writing out equations long hand as you have done e.g. "10 to the power 4"
>
> Joe
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Rabab Gomaa
>> Sent: 29 April 2014 19:21
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List
>> Subject: [WebAIM] Question - Presenting simple mathematic expression
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Jaws does not recognize <sup> for simple mathematics expressions such as "10
>> <sup>4</sup>".
>> e.g. it reads "One hundred four" instead of "10 to the power of 4" .
>>
>> I am looking for a way to present simple mathematics expression instead of using
>> MathML.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Rabab Gomaa
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