Re: Best practices for inline MathML

I *just* discovered MathSpeak which I can put in an alttext attribute on the math nodes, that appears to be far more accessible than an English description would be, as it seems that is what some assistive tech turns MathML into already, but I'm still left pondering what is best practice for visual display.

On March 26, 2020 10:46:37 PM PDT, "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@domblogger.net> wrote:
>Hi, I am porting academic papers (mostly species descriptions and
>natural history accounts) to ePub and sometimes they have an equation
>or three. Most are short, e.g.
>
><math blah display="inline">
><mi>y</mi>
><mo>=</mo>
><mi>b</mi>
><mo>&#x2062;</mo>
><msup>
>  <mi>x</mi>
>  <mi>k</mi>
></msup>
></math>
>
>That kind of thing, but then the paper will sometimes explain a
>variable so that there is an inline math node with just a single mi
>child.
>
>I am having trouble finding best practices for this. What I am doing
>seems to work well in Calibre, but for example my Kobo puts a huge
>space in for the InvisibleTimes.
>
>I'm not a MathML guru, I understand there are two competing semantics
>and ePub viewers often only support the descriptive semantic?
>
>Are image fallbacks really necessary for simple equations that can be
>described in English?
>
>What method is best for screen readers?
>
>It's frustrating a bit because so much on the web my search turns up
>says to use MathJax with LaTeX equations but many ePub viewers do not
>support JavaScript.
>
>https://github.com/w3c/publ-epub-revision/issues/845 is the closest I
>have come to finding advice on best practices. Is there an actual blog
>or write-up that details current best practices, even if not official,
>for ePub with MathML pieces?
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