[Athen] Reader for ePub3 files with math

Susan Kelmer Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu
Wed Aug 7 11:08:36 PDT 2019


Well, that’s a bit disconcerting! I’m going to have to dig a little deeper now.

-Susan


From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Erik Ferguson
Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 12:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Reader for ePub3 files with math

Yes. Totally I get that.
For example, it reads "normal triangle" instead of "Delta." It reads "Number two" instead of "N O subscript 2" "M- O- L" instead of mol "mole" This is EquatIO I'm talking about not Read and Write. She actually ended up reverting to Read and Write after a trial of both software and simply watches very closely as she's reading. She's a pre medical student so its going to be heavy math and science all the way for her.

On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 10:46 AM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu<mailto:Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>> wrote:
Equatio works, it just has some tricks to it. Like don’t select ANYTHING but the equation. It won’t read text, only the equation.

-Susan

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu>> On Behalf Of Erik Ferguson
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Reader for ePub3 files with math

Thanks for you feedback! Yes. I am having my own struggles with EquatIO over here but one can always hope. Thanks. Please keep posting to list I am having a very similar struggle with a student who is not blind and has a lot of heavy chemistry formulas to go through. EquatIO is making a mess. I had such high hopes for that software!

On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 10:28 AM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu<mailto:Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>> wrote:
CAR is no longer effective on word files with mathtype, so we aren’t even going there.

EquatIO is not a full reader, only a screenshot reader for equations. This does not give a smooth reading experience for the student.

Susan Kelmer
Alternate Format Production Program Manager
Disability Services
University of Colorado Boulder
303-735-4836



From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu>> On Behalf Of Erik Ferguson
Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 11:05 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Reader for ePub3 files with math

EquatIO or CAR? I'm thinking out loud, the epub format stymies me a bit. Any mechanism for conversion?

On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:36 AM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu<mailto:Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>> wrote:
I need to know what reader(s) to recommend for a sighted student needing to hear text and math in an ePub3 file. I’m told it can be done. But so far, I’m not coming up with anything that will read the math that is not a screenreader.

Susan Kelmer
Alternate Format Production Program Manager
Disability Services
University of Colorado Boulder
303-735-4836

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