You should install MathPlayer from Design Sciences, www.dessci.com . Read about it on their web pages, try their player test items, either by reading the math expressions inside the Browse buffer or by right-clicking math elements and choosing the speech option from the context menu, which will use your default SAPI synthesizer. Many articles on Wikipedia now include MathML or LaTeX versions of their equations.
Starting with, I think, Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft is not supporting plug-ins, and this includes the Math Player plug-in. And Math Player doesn’t work in FireFox. ChromeVox, which is produced by Google and works with the Chrome browser, supports much of MathML, and they have a one-hour YouTube video demonstrating some of the advanced features. I think I also read that MathML visual rendering was recently removed from FireFox because it was said to be buggy and poorly maintained. There is a project under way called MathJax to render more math with the help of JavaScript. So MathML is one of our best hopes for accessibility, but it is an uphill battle to get it supported and used widely. Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD http://lras.home.sprynet.com From: RicksPlace Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:55 AM To: GW Micro Product Discussion Listserv Subject: MathML WE and WebPages Hi: Recently I have tried to pick up some formulas to calculate a Linear Regression Trend Line and have read through many Websites. Most formulas are way confusing with allot of what I am guessing are images or keys for sighted folks or totally dont display the formulas. I stumbled across MathML as some way of standardizing math and see it is a W3C Recommendation, or was. Does anyone know if WE will read MathML or how do you read advanced math formulas online? I am mostely interested in statistics and perhaps learning some metrix algebra downline. Rick USA If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
