[Athen] Creating accessible math with MathKicker

[Noble, Stephen]

Concerning braille production using DBT, you will likely get a more usable Word document if you take what MathKicker gives you and then use MathType's command to covert all the OMML expressions to MathType expression. DBT works well with MathType expressions: Using MathType with Duxbury Braille Translator (wiris.com)<https://docs.wiris.com/mathtype/en/mathtype-office-tools/mathtype-7-for-windows-and-mac/using-mathtype-with-other-applications-and-websites/using-mathtype-with-duxbury-braille-translator.html>

This assumes you have MathType on hand. If not, it is not that expensive to purchase.

I agree that the HTML output is disappointing. They went to the effort to build in MathJax's SVG output but left out the MathML so there's nothing for a screenreader to read.

--Steve Noble
steve.noble at louisville.edu
502-969-3088
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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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