[Athen] Has ANYONE had success getting math to read on a Mac...and how...

[Sean Keegan]

I did some testing with VoiceOver and Safari and found that MathJax 2.x
versions seemed to work okay. When encountering an equation the first time
if using MathJax 2.7.5 and 2.7.6, VoiceOver appears to automatically jump
"into" the math equation such that the user has to then "move out" a level
to continue navigating the page. Not a major issue, but certainly something
to note. Navigating an equation did not seem quite as clean as it used
to be, but I was able to navigate within an equation and the math islands.

I tried working with MathJax 3 with VoiceOver+Safari and it could not get
anything to function. MathJax ver 3 is supposed to be a significant change
from previous versions, so it may take AT some time to catch up.

sean




On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 3:24 PM Noble,Stephen L. <steve.noble at louisville.edu>
wrote:


> Hi Susan,

>

> MathML in either an HTML or XHTML file should work fine with Safari and

> VoiceOver...at least it does for me. However, I note that there is

> something weird going on with MathJax, which used to work fine. It doesn't

> want to read the math properly and page navigation gets stuck on math

> islands. I don't know if this is due to recent changes in MathJax, but I

> know that it used to work fine. If you are creating content from MathType,

> I suggest avoiding the MathJax options in the Publish as MathPage dialogue.

>

> --Steve Noble

>

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> behalf of Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>

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> *Subject:* [Athen] Has ANYONE had success getting math to read on a

> Mac...and how...

>

>

> Okay, I’ve now tried it all.  I have a low vision student in math/computer

> science that refuses to switch to a Windows machine or to use any type of

> screenreader.  I’ve tried every available file type in every available

> browser and application.

>

>

>

> Epub3 in ibooks with Voiceover (it skips punctuation or adds random

> punctuation and I can’t figure out how to more finely tune the verbosity)

>

> Word with MathType in Word

>

> MathML in Safari (I get a javascript error)

>

> MathML in Firefox (won’t open, just sits and spins)

>

>

>

> Help help help!!

>

>

>

> *Susan Kelmer*

>

> *Alternate Format Production Program Manager*

>

> *Disability Services*

>

> *University of Colorado Boulder*

>

> *303-735-4836*

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