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Re: ALT text for equations

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Aug 18, 2014 6:51AM

Hi Todd,

what about using MathML?

Olaf


On 18 Aug 2014, at 14:02, "Liko, Todd" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> I have researched this topic online and found older WebAIM threads. The information I have found thus far indicates there is not a lot of support for making equations accessible, short of writing it out in ALT text.
>
> I am curious how others are dealing with this, not only for HTML and in PDF documents as well.
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