[Athen] Students with Learning Disabilities and Textbooks withMath

[Teresa Haven]

Good to know -- we've had no problems with MathPlayer reading appropriately at any level, so R&W should work if a student has it.  On a related note, however, has anyone figured out a method for making math accessible on a Mac platform?  
To reply from our side to Cassandra's question about using TTS with math, it has depended on the student.  Since producing MathML enhanced content is highly labor intensive, we only provide it to students who have a need for audio support for the math.  The majority of our students with learning disabilities need the text to be spoken but say that they don't need the math, so in those cases we provide other formats.

Teresa

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From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:53 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: RE: [Athen] Students with Learning Disabilities and Textbooks withMath

R&W is relying on MathPlayer, so the question is really what level MathPlayer can read.

Below is a link with sample equations:
http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/tech/accessibility.htm#Some
Sample Equations to Speak 

Once MathPlayer is installed, you just right click on the equation to have it speak.

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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net
408-996-6043

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[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 1:45 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Cassandra.Tex at humboldt.edu
Subject: RE: [Athen] Students with Learning Disabilities and Textbooks withMath

Hi, Robert.  Math up to what level?  Am curious since many of the students I serve with Cassandra's method are in Calculus and above.  We don't have a license for R&WG so I cannot test for myself, details would be greatly appreciated.
Teresa

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Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.
Supervisor, Alternative Format Services
Disability Resource Center
Arizona State University
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[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:29 PM
To: Cassandra.Tex at humboldt.edu; Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: RE: [Athen] Students with Learning Disabilities and Textbooks with Math

Read&Write will read MathML as well.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
913-288-7671
rbeach at kckcc.edu


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[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Cassandra L. Tex
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 3:17 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media
Subject: [Athen] Students with Learning Disabilities and Textbooks with Math

Greetings All,
Sorry for the cross posting....

In general, what are your students with learning disabilities who have textbooks with math (math, physics, chemistry, etc.) doing with regards to alternate media and e-text?  What types of files are you providing for them?

It's my understanding that the math will only be spoken if the documents are produced in Word, inserting equations/symbols with MathType, saving as MathPage (HTML files with MathML), and reading the file in Internet Explorer with MathPlayer plug-in and JAWS.  Is that correct?  Any other way (with only text-to-speech, not screen reader) to get the math spoken?


Final question...if there is a way to get the math spoken with text-to-speech (not screen reader), do your students with learning disabilities generally like listening to the spoken math?

Thanks for your help!

Cassandra Tex
Assistive Technology Specialist
Humboldt State University
tex at humboldt.edu
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