[Athen] function signs in NVDA

[Wink Harner]

Thanks Steve! I have already pointed my friend Sue to your link below. I
keep your resource links bookmarked ;>)

I'll forward on the info about the edit vs presentation view + the toggle
key. I suspect that may be it.

Thanks again!
Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type

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On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:50 PM Noble,Stephen L. <steve.noble at louisville.edu>
wrote:


> Make sure the reading is taking place in the Presentation view (F5)...not

> the slide edit view. Also, it the prof is trying to use plain text dash for

> a minus sign (that is, not embedding it in a MathType expression), then

> that is typically not voiced by NVDA unless you set it to read all

> punctuation.

>

> There's a nice writeup of how to use MathType in PowerPoint so that it is

> accessible to screen readers:

>

> https://docs.wiris.com/en/mathtype/mathtype_desktop/tips/tips_powerpoint#create_accessible_powerpoint_slides

>

>

> --Steve Noble

> steve.noble at louisville.edu

> 502-969-3088

>

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

> behalf of Alexandra Slovik <slovika at lanecc.edu>

> *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2020 4:09 PM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

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

>

> 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

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>

> 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

>

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