Hello All, I am a high school student doing research on these topics on my spare time. The following is a blurb about my current work: For the last year and a half, I've been trying to create API'S and end-user tools that we can all use to translate regular math text into Nemeth Braille. I didn't know about Math ML until Dan and Jeremy talked to me about it. Since then, I've been studying both of these languages all this time. I was using Visual C-Sharp for the creation of these tools, but a problem occurred and so I switched to Java. Please expect a Java package with Nemeth translation in the near future. My hope is to implement it in other coding languages as well, so web apps, as well as desktop and mobile apps can be created with few lines of code. Regards, Kevin
On 3/9/14, RicksPlace <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Morning Guys: > This subject of math and science accessibility is allot more complicated > than I would have thought it necessary. > So many of the problems derive from what is provided by teachers and > educational institutions not being required to be standardized. > For one thing, lectures documented on the blackboard are useless to blind > students. > Graphic representations online are likewise useless unless something like a > > PDF file readable by some accessible software. > I run across this allot in newer online computer science tutorials all the > time lately. > The PHD EggHeads at W3C are struggling with all this but I dont see much > implementation from the University and Online community and even the very, > very cash flush browser companies are slow or dragging their feet > implementing even the basic mathml standards - actually I can see why since > > they are very complicated to use by everyone. > I should guess they are allot slower to use by teachers in place of copying > > and pasting an image or just writing something on a blackboard. > So, I either really narrow dow > Trying to use a script to read a webpage, find equations and translate them > > into something more readable is way more than I would want to try and do > with a script. > It isnt just a matter of a Dictionary Extension but requires reading an > entire equation, determining what all symbols are and how they are ment to > be used - for example as a vector space, set or something else and that is > why mathml has gotten so complicated and well beyond what I think we can do > > in a script. > If you have any ideas other than just trying to use some third party > software to try and read this stuff via something like mathml let me know > but I dont see it. > Rick USA > > -- Jesus Kevin Morales
