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Question for those apart of the Visually Impaired and Blind Community (self.Blind)
submitted by WebAccessibility
Hi,
I am a Web Accessibility Specialist at an online university, and even though I have that title I want to continue to learn and understand the community I am trying to serve.
I am working with my university in making accessible math equations for our course, in particular for screen readers and other readers can voice the correct equations. Is their a preference on how you like to hear your equations?
For example.
For the equation u(t)=−0.0125t\^2+t
Would you prefer to hear
1. *u left parenthesis t right parenthesis equals negative 0.0125 t squared plus t*
2. *u t = minus 0.0125 t carrot 2 plus t*
3. Something else. If so please list what you would like to hear, to best understand the equation.
We do use MathML and LaTex when we are able, this is more for alternative text for an equation image.
I would love to connect with those who are visually impaired or blind ( and all other types of disabilities!) to better understand how to serve your community within the realm of web accessibility. Also, I am dyslexic so if there is something you do not understand please ask for clarity ..... or if you just want to talk about dyslexia!
I am a Web Accessibility Specialist at an online university, and even though I have that title I want to continue to learn and understand the community I am trying to serve.
I am working with my university in making accessible math equations for our course, in particular for screen readers and other readers can voice the correct equations. Is their a preference on how you like to hear your equations?
For example.
For the equation u(t)=−0.0125t\^2+t
Would you prefer to hear
1. *u left parenthesis t right parenthesis equals negative 0.0125 t squared plus t*
2. *u t = minus 0.0125 t carrot 2 plus t*
3. Something else. If so please list what you would like to hear, to best understand the equation.
We do use MathML and LaTex when we are able, this is more for alternative text for an equation image.
I would love to connect with those who are visually impaired or blind ( and all other types of disabilities!) to better understand how to serve your community within the realm of web accessibility. Also, I am dyslexic so if there is something you do not understand please ask for clarity ..... or if you just want to talk about dyslexia!
Quineg 2 points 4y ago
The equation as you had it written is the best. u(t)=−0.0125t\^2+t
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Screen reader software will read each character and so there is no need to spell them out. Let me know if you had any other specific examples you were curious about. My background is in engineering and I will help out however I can.
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Screen reader software will read each character and so there is no need to spell them out. Let me know if you had any other specific examples you were curious about. My background is in engineering and I will help out however I can.
ENTJ351 1 points 4y ago
I also don’t read math equations. I require any math be brailled out or on a braille display. So writing it normally will be fine. The display will display it correctly. Also people can go character by character.
Duriello 1 points 4y ago
After 5 years using screen-readers I still find reading expressions like those to be extremely confusing, however I prefer reading expressions written with only ASCII characters like in code. Using ASCII characters may also benefit Braille users, but since I'm not one of them I can't tell for sure.
modulus 1 points 4y ago
The 2nd example is better in being less verbose. That said, the equation as written is not bad, though I wouldn't use the unicode minus because some screen readers won't read that when scrolling by character depending on level of punctuation, but they will definitely read a - character (0x2D).
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