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 Resource handout for Emerging Computer Technologies for Accessible Math

 


This resource document is a handout given at the presentation, "EMERGING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACCESSIBLE MATH", presented by John A. Gardner, Neil Soiffer, and Masakazu Suzuki, 2006 International CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, Los Angeles, March 24, 2006

Resources for Accessing Math

Reading MathML with speech:
MathPlayer plugin for IE (now)  www.dessci.com/mathplayer
gh MathSpeech (soon) www.gh-mathspeak.com

Reading math in tactile hard copy:
DotsPlus with ViewPlus TSS software (now) www.ViewPlus.com/products
Math braille with ViewPlus TSS software (soon) www.ViewPlus.com/products
Latex to math braille Duxbury DBT (now) www.DuxburySystems.com
xml to math braille (soon) www.jjb-software.com

Translations of MathML to/from international braille codes:
IGroupUMA (in development)  karshmer.lklnd.usf.edu/~igroupuma
LAMBDA project (in development)  www.lambdaproject.org
xml to math braille (soon) www.jjb-software.com

Accessible Applications for Authoring and Manipulating Math:
WinTriangle (in development)  wintriangle.sourceforge.net/downloads.htm
ChattyInfty MathML editor (soon)  www.inftyproject.org
Henter Math arithmetic and algebra (now) www.hentermath.com

TeX Conversion
Scientific Word input for Duxbury (now) www.mackichan.com
Latex to math braille Duxbury DBT (now) www.DuxburySystems.com
LaTeX2Tri TeX to Triangle converter (now)  www.latex2tri.com
JAWS scripts for TeX EMACSpeak (now) emacspeak.sourceforge.net

OCR of Math from Paper Copy
Infty math OCR (soon)  www.inftyproject.org

Other
MathTalk  voice input for Scientific Notebook (now) www.metroplexvoice.com
Audio Graphing Calculator (now) www.ViewPlus.com/products/braille-math/AGC
Design Science low vision/mobility accessibility (in development) www.dessci.com/accessibility

Making Diagrams accessible:
ViewPlus embossers  (now) www.ViewPlus.com/products
Washington Tactile Graphics Project (soon) tactilegraphics.cs.washington.edu 
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