[Xerte-dev] Re: Maths

[Julian Tenney]

Good example: make it work for the hard of sight, or make it work for the blind? The only real answer is to provide tools so the author can choose based on their audience I think.

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
Sent: 22 April 2013 15:56
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Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Maths

What would be considered more accessible:


*         this using fonts which do scale but don't have alt text or

*         an image with alt text="x equals negative b plus or minus square root of etc, etc"  which can be read out?

Just curious.

Regards,

John Smith
Learning Technologist
School of Health & Life Sciences
Glasgow Caledonian University

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:44 PM
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Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Maths

Well, I'm sure Alistair would agree that it would be better to do something that is of limited accessibility to some, but of great use to many, rather than do nothing, with no benefit to anyone. But he would encourage us to find ways to make it accessible if it were possible...


From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
Sent: 22 April 2013 15:37
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Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Maths

Well, it should be a lot more accessible then the previous solution, as it is displayed using fonts in stead of generating an image. So you can also zoom in, etc.

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But I don't know what a screen reader makes of this.

It the moment it uses a link to a website maintained by MathJax. It is not pure Javascript. There is a whole engine behind it apparently. You can install it locally (the installer is 16.7 Mb).

Tom
Op 22-4-2013 16:30, Pat @ Pgogy schreef:
Cool - how accessible is it?

Why doesn't it work off line?

Pgogy Webstuff - http://www.pgogywebstuff.com
Makers of web things of a fair to middling quality

On 22 Apr 2013, at 15:28, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl<mailto:reijnders at tor.nl>> wrote:

Like I tried to explain in a different e-mail...

- Based on MathJax (http://www.mathjax.org, as found by Pat)
- Only works in Javascript/HTML5
- Doesn't interfere with previous solution
- Like previous solution, doesn't work off-line

Tom

Op 22-4-2013 16:17, Julian Tenney schreef:
I think that would be a big step forward, nice one. This has been a  longstanding problem,

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
Sent: 22 April 2013 15:15
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Subject: [Xerte-dev] Maths


What do you think?

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