[Athen] Dyslexic Math Fonts

[chagnon at pubcom.com]

Jess wrote: "neither font has a Math component."

 

Whatever font is used by the student's software, it must be a Unicode font
that contains the correct math characters (called codepoints in
Unicode-speak). The Segoe UI Symbol font that's common on Windows computers
has a very good range of Unicode Math/STEM symbols. Maybe that could work
for your student?

 

The second issue is the math test or textbook itself: does it use the
correct Unicode symbol for math? Some common problems we see:

 

Lowercase alpha-character "x" (found on the keyboard) used instead of math
multiplication symbol (codepoint U2715 or U2716 or U00D7).

Keyboard alpha-character slash "/" used instead of U2215 math division
slash.

Keyboard hyphen "-" used instead of U2212 math minus sign.

Keyboard asterisk "*" used instead of U2217 math asterisk operator.

 

The correct Unicode codepoint symbol is critical if the student is listening
to a voicing of the text with the dyslexia software. But if they are only
viewing the content with their tool, then you just need a font with those
symbols on it.

 

-Bevi

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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf
Of Jennifer Garms
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 11:16 AM
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Athen] Dyslexic Math Fonts

 

Hello All,

 

We have a student who has a Dyslexie Font/Open Dyslexic Font accommodation.
The issue is, that some of the tests the student will take will have math
formulas on them and as far as I can tell, neither font has a Math
component. Does anyone have a font they use for this sort of situation, or a
way to get Word's Equation function and one of the previous fonts to play
nicely? Thank you in advance for any advice or help!

 

Thank You,


 

JESS GARMS

Adaptive Technology Specialist
Student Equity Services

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