Re: MathML and screen readers

Has anyone done any work on creating a "standard template" for XSLT
for converting MathML to screenreader-compatible HTML?  (Is that the
current study at ATRC?)

If not, is anyone looking for a project topic and wants to steal this
idea? :)

--Kynn

At 1:44 PM -0400 2001/7/09, Laurie Harrison wrote:
>Dear Paul:
>
>Here is a response to your query from one of our staff who has been conducting
>research as to whether screen readers can access MathML content.
>
>Laurie
>
>Taras Kowaliw wrote:
>
>>  After doing a rather extensive search a few months ago, the answer is
>>  unfortunately no. The output from screen readers when confronted by the
>>  MathML implementations which I checked (Amaya, Mozilla, iMath, IBM
>>  Hypermedia, and a few others) is either non-existent or nonsensically
>>  formatted. The ATRC is currently working on something in this vein
>>  (http://nide.snow.utoronto.ca/MathML/).
>>
>>  ===========================================
>>  Taras Kowaliw,
>>  Access Software Designer and Programmer,
>>  Centre for Academic and Adaptive Technology,
>>  University of Toronto
>>
>>  tel .: 416.946.5358
>>  fax.: 416.971.2896
>>  email: taras.kowaliw@utoronto.ca
>>  www: http://snow.utoronto.ca/~taras
>>
>
>--
>Laurie Harrison
>Education Coordinator
>Centre for Academic and Adaptive Technology, Information Commons
>University of Toronto
>
>laurie.harrison@utoronto.ca
>(416) 946-3778


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Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com>
Technical Developer Liaison
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Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network
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Received on Monday, 9 July 2001 15:46:58 UTC