- From: Laurie Harrison <laurie.harrison@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 16:20:39 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- CC: Taras Kowaliw <taras.kowaliw@utoronto.ca>
More from Taras in response to Kynn's question: "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?)" Taras Kowaliw wrote: > What we're doing (the ATRC) is converting MathML to the Java Speech Markup > Language (JSML); I don't believe that flat HTML will ever be sufficient to > communicate mathematical notation, and JSML contains a great deal of prosody > rules which would help. To take one of our JSML stylesheets and make it a > CSS2-formatted XHTML stylesheet is absolutely trivial. I'd be doing this in > the first place, but I don't know of anything which supports CSS2 audio at > present (I'd love to stand corrected on this one though). > > There are a few natural-language versions of mathematical notation out there > (probably not using XSLT, but at least it might give you a target): some > equation authoring packages will automatically insert some sort of ALT text > to their GIF images. Or, if this is still being developed, EzMath > (http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/EzMath/) contains a non-ambiguous flat > notation. I consider these approaches very limited, however. > =========================================== > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kynn Bartlett" <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com> > To: "Laurie Harrison" <laurie.harrison@utoronto.ca>; <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > Cc: "Taras Kowaliw" <taras.kowaliw@utoronto.ca> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 3:31 PM > Subject: 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 > > > > > > -- > > Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> > > Technical Developer Liaison > > Reef North America > > Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network > > Tel +1 949-567-7006 > > ________________________________________ > > BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. > > ________________________________________ > > http://www.reef.com -- 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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