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Re: MathML Usage for Styling

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Aug 2, 2016 2:24PM

Unless your target audience is screen reader users, hiding MathML such it will only be found by screen readers (or their users) could be considered questionable. People using screen readers are only a subset of those people with disabilities that may have to rely on assistive tooling.

Olaf

> On 02.08.2016, at 22:13, Mike Warner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Thanks for the test results, Abi. We're working on this, too. We aren't
> using complex math yet, though, so we may end up with an aria-hidden div
> with the math written normally and a hidden mathml div for screen readers.
> The image and hidden div combo sounds like an interesting solution for when
> we progress beyond simple things like fractions and the like, even though
> students can't copy the math to paste it anywhere.