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Re: MathML and simple maths content

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From: L Snider
Date: May 28, 2019 9:12AM

Hi Isabel,

I would be curious to see what answers you get, as I know in EPUBs best
practice (right now) is to do MathML AND plain text summaries (or whatever
can be done in terms of explanations). I don't work with math on websites,
so would love to know more about whether the two mesh or not.

Cheers

Lisa

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 8:34 AM Isabel Holdsworth < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is it preferable to use MathML for all maths content, even simple
> additions, fractions, etc? Or would plain text ( 1 + 2 or 1/4 ) be
> acceptable?
>
> I get mixed results with MathML depending on which
> screenreader/browser combination I'm using, and sometimes I wonder if
> plain text would provide more consistent results.
>
> Thanks, Isabel
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