Math accessibility is a surprisingly complex subject. How math should be read
is dependent on the mathematical or scientific context in which the math is
embedded, the educational level of the user, and their familiarity with the
accessibility technology itself. In our grant work with the Educat
I think Fred's point here was that the literal text in the MathML or LaTeX is
not what a blind person wants to hear. The whole point of math as a 2-D
notation is that the relative position of the parts of the equation carry
meaning. This is unlike normal text which almost always carries its whol
A bit more on the TeX part of this argument. Over a decade ago my company
polled publishers that accept submissions from authors of content containing
math. Although not a scientific poll, the results were overwhelming.
Approximately 85% of all submissions were in MS Word format with equations
I'm coming late to this thread but I have to say that the misunderstanding
present in the original post is huge. The author can take refuge in that he's
made a common category mistake. MathML is a computer representation for math,
TeX is a human input language.
MathML was never intended to be
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