[Athen] function signs in NVDA

[Wink Harner]

Thanks, Alexandra. I'll pass this info along to my colleague!

Appreciate your help.

Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type

Portland OR
foreigntype at gmail.com
480-984-0034

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On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:09 PM Alexandra Slovik <slovika at lanecc.edu> wrote:


> Try downloading the Access8 Math add on through NVDA - that has built in

> code to read out many math symbols.

>

> Here is the link:

> https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/access8math.en.html

>

> Thanks,

> Lexi Slovik

>

> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 12:23 PM Andrea L. Dietrich <adietrich at cornell.edu>

> wrote:

>

>> Maybe try a different voice? I’ve noticed differences in various

>> text-to-speech programs I’ve tried where different voices will read some

>> things differently.

>>

>>

>>

>> -Andi :)

>>

>>

>>

>> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

>> Behalf Of *Wink Harner

>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2020 2:15 PM

>> *To:* athen-list at u.washington.edu

>> *Subject:* [Athen] function signs in NVDA

>>

>>

>>

>> Hi all,

>>

>>

>>

>> I was contacted by a math colleague of mine from AZ about a project she's

>> working on creating a PPT slide deck for math using NVDA.

>>

>>

>>

>> She's set up with MathType & MathPlayer, but has reported a problem with

>> NVDA not recognizing simple function symbols such as "+" and "-" being read

>> correctly in NVDA.

>>

>>

>>

>> I could not easily find my notes on this and wondered if anyone out there

>> has a suggestion about a simple fix for this? A setting?

>>

>>

>>

>> Any info would be helpful for me to pass along to her

>>

>>

>>

>> Thanks in advance.

>>

>> Wink Harner

>>

>> Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production

>>

>> The Foreign Type

>>

>> Portland OR

>> foreigntype at gmail.com

>> 480-984-0034

>>

>> This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive

>> quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .

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