WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Subscript and superscript notation and mathml

for

From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: May 13, 2016 7:04PM

Hello,
I am not sure math ml reads correctly let alone the plane text.
The screen reader will just read 22.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Karen Sorensen < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi -
> I have been under the impression that subscript and superscript math and
> science notation (ie, exponents) had to be in MathML to be accessible. Is
> that true? I understand that if the number with the exponent is in an
> equation, it should be in MathML, but if there is just a number with an
> exponent, does it have to be in MathML for a screen reader to read it
> accurately?
> Thank you for your advice.
> Best,
> Karen
> Karen M. Sorensen
> Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses
> www.pcc.edu/access
> Portland Community College
> 971-722-4720
> Twitter: @ksorensun
> > > > >