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The State of Accessible Math Neil Soiffer Design Science, Inc. 9th European e-Accessibility Forum, June 2015 1 Outline Math accessibility big picture: What is math accessibility? Diagrams, Plots, Formulas What works today?

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Neil Soiffer

Design Science, Inc.

The State of Accessible Math

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9th European e-Accessibility Forum, June 2015

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Outline

  • Math accessibility – big picture:
  • What is math accessibility?
  • Diagrams, Plots, Formulas
  • What works today?
  • Navigation: discussion and

demonstration

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Why Accessible Digital Math?

  • Every day, every child takes math
  • One of the three “R”s
  • STEM is important for jobs
  • Slow/Expensive to get accessible

material

  • Not just for blindness
  • Dyslexic students: 2x error rates

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Math Accessibility (1)

  • Calculators: ORION TI-84, ViewPlus

AGC

  • Diagrams: tactiles, DIAGRAM project
  • Plots:
  • Tactiles
  • Tables
  • Sonification

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Sonification (LinePlot)

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Sonification (ScatterPlot)

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Accessible Math: Equations

  • Images
  • works everywhere…if you are sighted

1 cos cos 2 2           

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Accessible Math?

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Alt Text

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Alt Text

Accessible Math?

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Alt Text

Accessible Math?

Braille? Magnification? Sync highlighting? Navigation?

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Accessible Math!

  • MathML & Browsers
  • Firefox, Safari,
  • All w/MathJax
  • Most math applications
  • MathML & Assistive Technology
  • Mac: VoiceOver+Safari
  • ChromeBook: ChromeVox
  • PC: JAWS, MathPlayer+…

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MathML In Standards

  • HTML5
  • DocBook
  • DAISY 3
  • NIMAS: K-12 Textbooks
  • eBooks: EPUB 3 (OEBPS)
  • PDF (?!)
  • PDF/UA support for Math
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MathML on the Web

  • Wikipedia
  • Khan Academy
  • Stack Exchange, Moodle
  • Publishers
  • Pearson
  • Elsevier/ScienceDirect

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Math Accessibility on the Web

  • Apple
  • Safari on Macs, IPads, Iphones
  • ChromeVox
  • Chrome everywhere (Android)
  • JAWS 16
  • IE only (for now)
  • Windows
  • MathPlayer: works with your choice of AT

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When You Create Math

  • Word As Hub

Word Duxbury ViewPlus TSS Embossed Braille Large Print Web Page MathType/MathPage

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MathPlayer 4 Design

  • Library that can work with all AT
  • Customizable speech
  • Braille
  • Synchronized highlighting
  • Navigation
  • Currently:
  • NVDA: Firefox, IE, Word, PowerPoint, PDF
  • Window Eyes: Word
  • TextHELP (unreleased): all browsers

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MathPlayer 4 Features

  • Speech settings
  • Disability group
  • Verbosity/expertise
  • 15 Languages
  • Subject-specific speech

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1 1 vs 1 1 x x  

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Navigation

  • Zooming & moving around
  • Auto Zoom
  • Reading vs. describing
  • Placemarkers & “Where am I?”
  • Navigation modes
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Bright Future

  • Many sites are now accessible
  • Many AT vendors support math
  • Still needs work:
  • Authoring, Solving, Touch
  • Images bad, MathML good:
  • Magnification, Speech, Navigation,

Braille

energy 2 2 6 12 6 2

6CO 6H O C H O 6O    