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From: Michael Ausbun
Date: Jun 3, 2019 10:39AM

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Dear List,
Background
My name is Michael Ausbun, and I am a blind accessibility sp=
ecialist working for Western Governors University. I have been an avid user=
of assistive technology for 18 years, involved with accessibility evaluati=
on for 9 years, and have taught access technology off and on for 9 years. I=
have begun to work on a project here at WGU regarding our evaluation metho=
dology, including the tools we use for automated testing. We are well aware=
of the functional limitations of automated tools and we are aware that the=
re are several automated tools out there.
Questions

1. What tools are people using for their evaluations (automated or other=
wise?)
2. How accessible are the tools being used?
3. How is the user experience when implementing the tools being used?
Thank you for your time and energy! I have read through several publication=
s-peer reviewed and not peer reviewed. I also read through several testing =
methodologies used throughout the industry; I came out the other side with =
more questions than I went in with...mostly around the why, but also the wh=
at.
Respectfully,
Michael

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Michael Duane Ausbun, MA
Specialist, Learning Experience,
Universal Design and Accessibility Team
Salt Lake City, Utah
[WGU Learning Experience]

Western Governors University
4001 South 700 East, Suite 700
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
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Sent: Monday, June 3, 2019 8:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] MathML and simple math content

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Isabel H wrote:
"the upshot of which sadly seems to be that there's no tried and trusted
means of presenting mathematical content in a way that reliably works for
screenreader or Braille users."

That's correct. There is no one single method of creating accessible math
that works seamlessly across all assistive technologies. Also, no one metho=
d
when we create the accessible content and move the math from an equation
editor into documents, websites, EPUBs, whatever.

It's a real mess for the entire community.

Someone needs to fix this!

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