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Re: Screen readers, math symbols, and Word

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From: Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson
Date: Nov 17, 2010 11:45AM

I know there are mapping files, between symbols and spoken words, in
most screen readers.
I can't recall specifically what the Jaws one is called, or if it is
editable, I believe it is, the braille mapping one has been (at least
until v12.0).
I would recommend contacting FS specifically and have them confirm
what the mapping is in this file for Jaws 9, and if this has been
corrected in subsequent versions of Jaws.

Thanks
-Birkir


On 11/17/10, Terrill Bennett < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
>>
>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>http://twitter.com/awkawk
>>http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>>
>>
>>