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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are working from Word, you might consider using WordToEPUB, which will take several of the math formats Word uses and convert to EPUB or HTML. It also accepts Latex. As an FYI, in the first quarter 2023, DAISY will be releasing the easy to use converter to many formats, that Microsoft has funded. When available, I’ll post here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew Deeprose<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 21, 2022 11:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Ally for digital STEM course content<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'>In my experience, Ally doesn’t offer much for STEM out of the box. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'>For example it won’t render content created using the Microsoft Equation editor at all, it just ignores it and doesn’t reproduce it in its alternate formats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'>And in cases where you use superscript or subscript in standard text, for example kW = 10<sup>3 </sup>W, Ally will render it as kW = 103<sup> </sup>W in its alternative formats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'>We’re working on creating a workflow to prepare files for example from a tex/Latex source into a format which will then perform well with Ally’s alternative formats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'>Matt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick McCue<br><b>Sent:</b> 21 November 2022 16:24<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Ally for digital STEM course content<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:solid #8D3970 1.0pt;padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:#F7F9FA'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#8D3970'>CAUTION:</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#8D3970'> This e-mail originated outside the University of Southampton. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'>We are considering implementing Ally to assist us with monitoring and improvement of digital course content. We've had a chance to test the tool in a test environment but would love to hear from universities who use Ally specifically on how it performs with STEM content. For example, have you used it successfully to make math or engineering content accessible to screen reader users? Or does that type of content still require significant human intervention in most cases to be made accessible?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'>Thanks! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>