[Athen] Creating accessible math with MathKicker

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Sun Feb 25 10:23:41 PST 2024


Michael

Please report any bugs or glitches directly to Perkins as well.

Wink Harner
Assistive Technology Consulting and Training
Alternative Text Production
Portland OR.

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On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 12:50 PM Michael Cantino <mcantino at nwresd.k12.or.us>
wrote:


> I tested this out briefly last week. I had similar results to what others

> here have reported. I tested on Windows 10 with JAWS 2023.

>

> - OCR was surprisingly good

> - Math content in the HTML output couldn't be read by the screen reader

> - Word documents worked best. JAWS read all the math really well and

> provided a good Nemeth transcription on the braille display

> - I opened the Word file in Duxbury to see how well Duxbury translated

> the document. The math was an absolute mess.

>

> Overall, good for converting documents on the fly and reading with a

> screen reader. Currently doesn't look great for a braille production

> workflow.

>

> Michael Cantino (he/him)

> BVIS Technology Professional Development Specialist

> Northwest Regional Education Service District

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