Re: Reading math symbols in Live Regions?

I expect that JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver all behave differently with this issue. Also, are you just putting in the symbol or is it in MathML. Both NVDA and JAWS use Math Plaer in normal reading of MathML expressions, which will convert some phrases and allow interaction.

I have also seen an issue where MathML can sometimes be spoken as just "x" for the entire expression in the JAWS screen reader.

Perhaps we need a working group to push accessibility of math, because right now the landscape is difficult. My team will often put in SVG images with alt text rather than using Math when it is known that the end user has AT.

Jonathan Cohn 


On 12/18/18, 5:50 AM, "Taliesin Smith" <talilief@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi folks,
    
    I have a strange situation where the HTML character entity for the multiplication symbol (&times;) is read our differently depending on whether it is found in regular web page content or in a content area marked as an aria-live region.
    
    The symbol is correctly read out by a screen readers in the body of the page as “times”, but when the same symbol is placed in a content area marked as a live region and read out as an alert, the screen reads the symbol as, “multiplication” rather than “times”.
    
    Why would there be this difference?
    Is there a way to read out math symbols in a live region?
    
    Taliesin
    
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    Also reachable as: Taliesin.Smith@colorado.edu
    Inclusive Design Researcher
    PhET Interactive Simulations
    https://phet.colorado.edu/en/accessibility

    Physics Department
    University of Colorado, Boulder

Received on Tuesday, 18 December 2018 13:44:59 UTC