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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>></SPAN> Is any special coding needed for math
ML to be read correctly by screen readers?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>Right now, for MathML based Web pages to be interpreted
correctly by assistive technology you need to be using MathPlayer with Internet
Explorer. The only special coding that I am aware of in this situation is
the need to have additional declarations in the <head> part of the your
XHTML/HTML document. Here is the basic template of the code
at:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007><A
href="http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/author/creatingpages.htm#AnatomyMathPlayerWebPage">http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/author/creatingpages.htm#AnatomyMathPlayerWebPage</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>If creating MathML Web pages from MathType/MS Word,
then you do have to be careful with respect to the export option. If you
wish to view the Web page on your local computer (not via the Internet), then
you need to export as MathPlayer (IE Behavior). This will result in a HTML
document that only works with IE.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>If you are going to put this page on a webserver AND
want the content available to IE, Firefox, etc. browsers, then you need to
export as XHTML+MathML. This page will not be "readable" with IE on your
local machine, but if you upload it to your webserver, it should work
fine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>> <FONT color=#000000>I also tried Mathplayer and it
didn’t seem to read it correctly with JAWS. Any
suggestions?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>MathPlayer is just a plug-in that allows for MathML
content to be displayed in IE. The best analogy may be that MathPlayer is
something like the Flash player - it only initializes when necessary based on
page content. Alone MathPlayer will speak the expression using the voices
available on the computer. If using a screen-reader (JAWS, Supernova,
Window-Eyes), then all you need to do is have the screen-reader running when you
get to the page - the screen-reader will just read the content as any other text
content on the page.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>What browser were you using and what screen-reader
version?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=987000017-17102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
class=987000017-17102007>Take care,<BR>Sean</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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