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Re: Screen readers, math symbols, and Word

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From: Terrill Bennett
Date: Nov 17, 2010 11:39AM


Would this be that which ye seek:

http://www.w3.org/Math/characters/mathml/mmlalias.html
http://www.w3.org/Math/characters/mathml/mmlextra.html

-- tb --

At 01:20 PM 11/17/2010, you wrote:
>Steve,
>Even with MathML the assistive technologies are going to need to
>know what Unicode characters to support. I have no idea if there is
>a listing of important Unicode characters and their proper names,
>but I imagine that a listing for Math (and music, and other
>disciplines) would be helpful - I wonder if that exists.
>
>Thanks,
>AWK
>
>Andrew Kirkpatrick
>Group Product Manager, Accessibility
>Adobe Systems
>
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>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Stephen L Noble
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:50 PM
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>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen readers, math symbols, and Word
>
>The preferred solution is to use web documents using MathML (i.e.,
>XHTML+MathML). At this juncture, native accessibility to mathematical
>content within a Word document has not been solved.
>
>For a broader discussion, see NCAM's Accessible Digital Media
>Guidelines:
>http://ncam.wgbh.org/invent_build/web_multimedia/accessible-digital-media-guide/guideline-g-math
>Technique G2.1 / Use MathML to provide access to scientific and
>mathematical expressions
>"MathML is the best choice for a markup language for expressing math.
>The advantage of MathML is it provides mathematical information in an
>open, standard format that can be exploited by a wide range of assistive
>technologies."
>
>Best regards,
>--Steve Noble
>
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>-- Steve Noble
>Chair, National Technology Task Force
>Learning Disabilities Association of America
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> >>> Cliff Tyllick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 11/17/2010 11:55 AM >>>
>One of our authors who has tested Word documents in JAWS 9 has
>doscovered that the "greater than or equal to" symbol (Unicode character
>2265) is announced as "greater than."
>
>In some cases this might be a minor annoyance, but the difference is
>important in documents that tell people how to comply with environmental
>regulations. Is there a good solution to this problem?
>
>If not, we're thinking of just replacing the character with an inline
>graphic of the same size with appropriate alt text. Thoughts?
>
>And is this just a JAWS thing, or do other screen readers do the same?
>
>Cliff
>
>
>Cliff Tyllick
>Usability assessment coordinator
>Agency Communications Division
>Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
>512-239-4516
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