[Athen] Creating accessible math with MathKicker

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Thanks for that tip, Steve!



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

foreigntype at gmail.com


On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:27 AM Noble, Stephen <steve.noble at louisville.edu>
wrote:


> 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.

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