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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi. I asked Neil Soiffer of Design Science (maker
of MathType and MathPlayer to respond to this question. He is their
math accessibility expert and probably knows more on this subject than anybody
else on earth. Here's his response. He assumes that everybody knows that
MathML is accessible!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>It sounds like they are asking<BR>what software/hardware
should they for their math labs to make them more accessible.<BR>The tiger
printers and IVEO are one obvious set of hardware additions that
would<BR>help.<BR>On the software side, making sure MathPlayer is loaded and
having a DAISY player<BR>(gh and/or Dolphin) loaded is important. The
blind math mailing list has had a number<BR>of people say pros/cons about
various vendor's math computation software -- I haven't<BR>kept track about
which software works and which doesn't with which AT.<BR>The opposite side of
the answer is about how they generate content. Making it easy<BR>for profs
or whomever to generate accessible content is important. That could
be<BR>XHTML+MathML or DAISY books. So depending on their authoring tools,
they should<BR>have Word+MathType and maybe the Word Save as DAISY add in when
it is out of beta<BR>or they should have TeX4ht or LaTeXML or some other
tex-to-XHTML+MathML converter.<BR>Since they can make sure the labs have IE and
Firefox, there is no need to worry<BR>about server support for browser's that
don't work with MathML.<BR> Neil<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@athenpro.org
[mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Wiersma, Constance
A<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 09, 2009 9:20 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Access Technology
Higher Education Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Athen] Math Lab
accessibility<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Our office has been has been asked to consult with the Math
department as they are developing a couple of new labs. Most of our basic
assistive technology programs (JAWS, Kurzweil, ZoomText, etc.) are included in
the lab image on campus and we have many adjustable work stations on
campus. However, we have not done anything special for the math labs and
this seems like a good chance to add software that will improve access to math
for students. We have used Scientific Notebook in the past for
students testing in our area. Does anyone have any suggestions of
software/hardware that would enhance these labs?<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your help.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Connie Wiersma,
Assistant Director</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Center for Students
with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Andersen Library
2002E</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Whitewater, WI
53190</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Ph.
262-472-5244</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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