[Athen] Question about accessible math and PDF

[Jeffrey Dell]

There was a product I tried when it was in beta that worked pretty
well for creating accessible math content in PDF's.  It was years ago
so I don't knowhere it stands now.  LEAN Math and the contact is John
Gardner <john.gardner at viewplus.com>
Jeff

On 6/15/20, chagnon at pubcom.com <chagnon at pubcom.com> wrote:

> To the best of my knowledge, PDF does not handle accessible math well.

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> I’m sure we’ll see better implementation when future PDF and PDF/UA

> standards are released.

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> One way to improve your materials now is to ensure that the correct Unicode

> math glyphs/characters are used. Example: 10 − 2 = 8 uses Unicode minus sign

> U+2212, not a hyphen.

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> Unicode charts are at http://www.unicode.org/charts/#symbols

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

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> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 8:55 AM

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> Subject: [Athen] Question about accessible math and PDF

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> Howdy all!

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> Question: I’m working with a few colleagues in our math department and we’re

> discussing accessible equations in PDF documents.

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> Is there a way to insert accessible math in a PDF? If so, what are some best

> practices (authoring applications, methods, etc)?

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> If not, what are your recommendations for output formats and other best

> practices to support their efforts?

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> Grateful for the wisdom of this group! 😊

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> Be well,

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