- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 09:48:17 -0600
- To: nir@nirdagan.com (Nir Dagan), w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
- Cc: "T. V. Raman" <raman@Adobe.COM>, gardner@physics.orst.edu
My main concern related to math is that I would like to point to the guidelines for faculty on the UIUC campus for how to make accessible WWW documents. At least 30 to 40 percent of the instructors on campus use some type of simple math and/or complex math in their WWW documents. There is no mention of how to represent mathematical expressions in the current guidelines. Currently most instructors use images, which we know are not very accessible. Since educators may be the first group forced (due to educational legislation in the USA) to use the guidelines, I think it would be important to have a technique or section the clearly indicates what to do now and in the future for math with some examples to demonstrate. John Gardner at Oregon State or T. V. Raman at Adobe may be a good reference for this issue, if the working group wants to pursue it. Now: Some type of alt text or longdesc that represents math? Future: MathML ? Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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