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Read more at http://www.jem-thematic.net/en/node/1298
Publication_details: ICTCM 2009, New Orleans.
Author(s): O. Caprotti, M. Seppälä, M. Pauna
Type: Slide presentation
Date: 2009/03/14
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Read more at http://www.jem-thematic.net/en/node/1298
Publication_details: ICTCM 2009, New Orleans.
Author(s): O. Caprotti, M. Seppälä, M. Pauna
Type: Slide presentation
Date: 2009/03/14
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4) Incorporating Khan Academy videos and courses into Moodle using H5P.
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Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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Evaluating solutions to process, view and listen mathematical formula within an accessible context
1. Mireia Ribera, Miquel Centelles, Alberto Huélamo,
Bruno Splendiani, Marina Salse
ULD Conference 2013 - 13/02/2013
2. LIS Department –
University of Barcelona
(Spain)
Group Adaptabit:
Working group on
digital accessibility for
teaching, research and
teaching innovation
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
3. Background
Issue
Proposal
Methodology
Further work
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
4. Accessible teaching documents project
Every educational institution must ensure access
to the information for all students
Goal: Promote equal opportunities / full
integration into university academic life by the use
of accessible materials in academic community
Provide templates for the creation of most
widespread teaching documents, and easy
procedures to create alternate versions of them.
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
5. Outputs
“Guides for creating Accessible Digital Contents”
Templates
▪ Teaching documents in academic community
(exams, exercises, tutorials, lessons and slides)
▪ Best format suited to each context (Office, PDF,
LaTex…)
▪ Adaptation to the needs of blind and low vision
students and students with dyslexia
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
6. Templates for the conversions to accessible
digital formats, but
Mathematical notation / formulae present
specific accessibility barriers and impose
specific requirements in conversion
Why?
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
7. Most word processors process mathematical
notations/formulae through a codification
system or graphical formats procedures.
Not suitable for assistive technology (e.g. JAWS,
Zoom Text)
Consequences
Barriers to blind and low-vision people
Barriers to people with dyslexia or Attention-
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
8. Solution: MathML
XML language for the markup of
mathematical formulae
Renderized audio of electronic documents
Expressions magnifiers (low-vision users)
Limitations
▪ Mathematicians writing on text processors or in
LaTex, not in MathML
▪ MathML not fully supported by browsers
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
9. Test which text editor/LaTex and browser
best creates and renders mathematical
formulae in MathML
Obtain evidences of capability on writing
mathematical formulae
Obtain evidences of capability and quality on
viewing and listening to mathematical formulae.
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
10. February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
11. Testbed was designed with two main
components:
Catalogue of a selection of 139 different
formulae (LibreOffice Math 3.3.2)
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
12. Three text processors + one LaTex editor with specific
capabilities for processing mathematical notation
Text processors
▪ MS Word 2007 (12.0.6661.5000) SP3 MSO (12.0.6662.5000)
▪ MS Word 2007
▪ MS Word 2007 with MathType 6.0 (DesignScience)
▪ LibreOffice Math 3.3.2
Latex editor
▪ MiKTeX 2.9 TeXnicCentre 1.0
The most used editors by faculty members of UB
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
13. Results of the formulae processed with the
editors were converted into MathML
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
14. To view and listen on different internet
browsers the results of conversion to MathML
Visualization
Firefox 12.0 (Win)MathML native support
Opera 12.02 (Win) MathML native support
Safari 6.01 (Mac) MathML native support
Visualization and Listening
Internet Explorer 8 ( + MathPlayer Plug-in)
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
15. Two different indicators
Visualization review Quality of displays values
Not acceptable display;
acceptable display;
best display
Listening review Quality of reading
(Mathplayer options : Spanish language / Reading for the blind)
MathPlayer doesn’t read the formula;
MathPlayer reads the formula partially;
MathPlayer reads the formula correctly
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
16. MS Word empowered with MathType
best solution in terms of
number of symbols correctly interpreted
quality of displays for visualization
quality of readings for listening
Strengths
the high quality in visualization of big operators (sum,
prod, coprod…) and resizable delimiters
Better results even compared to LibreOffice
Limitations
6 mathematical expressions not rendered (out of 139)
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
17. LaTex
11 mathematical expressions not rendered
(out of 139)
By default LaTex exports formulas in a
nonstandard typography limitation in
viewing and in Mathplayer listening
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
18. IE+MathPlayer visualization of expressions
processed by MSWord 2007+MathType is
the best solution
Firefox is the better browser without plugins
Opera lowest performance
Safari quite good, but bad performance with
accents
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
19. Best results on IE+MathPlayer is MS Word
2007+MathType
LaTeX MiKTeX 2.9 + TeX2ht lower
performance
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
20. Recommendations addressed to University
professors (research based)
Manuals for the creation on how to convert
Latex formulas and how to create formulas
with MathType
Share results data
Conversion from paper (Inftyreader)
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit
21. Questions
Opinions
Suggestions…
splendiani@ub.edu
February 2013 Adaptabit (adaptabit@ub.edu) http://bd.ub.edu/adaptabit