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Sally Kiebdaj
 

Hello all,

To circle back on a few threads earlier this fall, I have a few questions about accessing math content with NVDA. 

The NVDA user guide references MathPlayer. However, MathPlayer's site doesn't show any updates more recent than 2016. Is this accurate? If so, does it work with any of the newer browsers? 

For Lamda, does the add-on function outside of the Lambda application? I'm only dipping into linear algebra as a pre-req for a data science course so am not sure if getting the Lamda application is necessary/advisable. Does the Lambda add-on read math in webpages or word on its own? 

Lastly, how does access8math work with NVDA? Is it also reliant on the MathPlayer? 

so far, I've been unable to get the NVDA math hotkey (NVDA + alt+ m) to work under any circumstances, including in places that ChromeVox correctly identifies MathJax. 

Any and all guidance on how to start getting this working would be a huge help. I haven't ever done math through a screen reader and haven't done math of any kind since before 2005, not counting college stats classes when I had some residual vision. 

Thank you in advance!
Sally 
Bhavya shah
 

Dear Sally,

It has been a very long while since Math Player was updated, yes. Last
I checked with them, they responded saying they were unaware of the
future roadmap of Math Player. Also, if you can't get NVDA+Alt+M to
enter a Math expression, try pressing Enter instead; it often works.
Unfortunately, I am unable to be of much help with your other
questions.

Thanks.

On 12/6/20, Sally Kiebdaj <fiddle.pup@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

To circle back on a few threads earlier this fall, I have a few questions
about accessing math content with NVDA.

The NVDA user guide references MathPlayer. However, MathPlayer's site
doesn't show any updates more recent than 2016. Is this accurate? If so,
does it work with any of the newer browsers?

For Lamda, does the add-on function outside of the Lambda application? I'm
only dipping into linear algebra as a pre-req for a data science course so
am not sure if getting the Lamda application is necessary/advisable. Does
the Lambda add-on read math in webpages or word on its own?

Lastly, how does access8math work with NVDA? Is it also reliant on the
MathPlayer?

so far, I've been unable to get the NVDA math hotkey (NVDA + alt+ m) to
work under any circumstances, including in places that ChromeVox correctly
identifies MathJax.

Any and all guidance on how to start getting this working would be a huge
help. I haven't ever done math through a screen reader and haven't done
math of any kind since before 2005, not counting college stats classes when
I had some residual vision.

Thank you in advance!
Sally





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Tony Malykh
 

Regarding access8math, it doesn't need MathPlayer. Actually I couldn't figure out how to use MathPlayer either, but Access8Math works perfectly. But I only tested it on wikipedia formulas, not sure how it works with other types of formulas.

On 12/5/2020 12:33 PM, Sally Kiebdaj wrote:
Hello all,

To circle back on a few threads earlier this fall, I have a few questions about accessing math content with NVDA. 

The NVDA user guide references MathPlayer. However, MathPlayer's site doesn't show any updates more recent than 2016. Is this accurate? If so, does it work with any of the newer browsers? 

For Lamda, does the add-on function outside of the Lambda application? I'm only dipping into linear algebra as a pre-req for a data science course so am not sure if getting the Lamda application is necessary/advisable. Does the Lambda add-on read math in webpages or word on its own? 

Lastly, how does access8math work with NVDA? Is it also reliant on the MathPlayer? 

so far, I've been unable to get the NVDA math hotkey (NVDA + alt+ m) to work under any circumstances, including in places that ChromeVox correctly identifies MathJax. 

Any and all guidance on how to start getting this working would be a huge help. I haven't ever done math through a screen reader and haven't done math of any kind since before 2005, not counting college stats classes when I had some residual vision. 

Thank you in advance!
Sally 
Josh Kennedy
 

you could also do a Google search for the free math viewer ad on for NVDA. It will take standard latex and ascii math and will convert it to math ML and put it in a browse mode buffer for you to review with speech or braille. As long as math player is installed first.
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