Hi
The public beta of Jaws 16 has been released and one interesting
development seems to be the introduction of at least some level of
support for MathML (maths markup language). Access to maths/sciences for
students who are blind or VI tends to pop up on here from time to time
so thought it might be of interest. Download from
http://www2.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-public-beta.asp
but note that
"At present, JAWS supports MathML content rendered by MathJax in
Internet Explorer. MathJax is a popular JavaScript library used by web
developers to provide a consistent look and feel for math content across
browsers. Because JAWS relies on MathJax to get MathML, JAWS may be
limited by the types of content it supports. For example, since MathJax
currently does not support elementary math features, JAWS is also unable
to render them in the browser."
"For now, math content on a Web page or in the Math Viewer is only
spoken by JAWS and is not shown in braille. In addition, the contents of
the Math Viewer do not appear visually on the screen. These important
features, as well as support for other browsers, will be added in future
updates as we continue to refine MathML support."
Regards
Ian Francis
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