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Re: JAWS math text output is just one letter X, regardless of the math content

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From: David Farough
Date: Mar 26, 2024 11:35AM

I hope some of the following resources will help.
Here is a Jaws webinar https://www.freedomscientific.com/webinars/jaws-math-and-braille/
Here is what appears to be a good resource for Math content: https://yourtechvision.com/
Other resources were mentioned in the webinar, so check them out.

Mention is made of the jaws math editor which you need to access in order to view the math equations.

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS math text output is just one letter X, regardless of the math content

Good morning Mike
I don’t know if this will help you because I really do not do much with math myself.
But the most recent update on Jaws 2024
Open the jaws menu go to options and then go down to the early adopter program hit enter on that.
There’s a checkbox That will enable Jaws to read math content.
And then under that there’s also the picture smart checkbox which is a blind person I think is a game changer for describing photos.
But go in there check that out and hopefully it will help
Dean Vasile


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> On Mar 26, 2024, at 9:46 AM, Mike Warner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> we use MathJax for our MathML math. JAWS text output is just one letter X,
> regardless of the math content. JAWS versions 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
> all do this. The speech output is perfect. NVDA has no issue in the text
> output as long as the access8math addon is installed. VoiceOver is also
> fine. Even something as simple as the following example that just has the
> number 4 in MathML outputs X in JAWS:
>
> <math><mn>4</mn></math>
>
> Is there something special that we need to do for JAWS?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> Mike Warner
> Director of IT Services
> MindEdge Learning
> > > >