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Authors:
Yvonne Eriksson
Björn Westling
Keywords: EPUB3; ASCIIMath; Braille digital platforms
Abstract:
Digital platforms are not automatically accessible for people with blindness, it must be designed for multimodality, both regarding the architecture and the interface. With the point of departure in the Nine Laws of Cognition we focus on complex content such as mathematics and how it could be accessible for Braille readers. The aim of this paper is to highlight and to discuss what is required from digital platforms to support mathematic Braille. The situation for Braille users learning mathematics is not at all very satisfactory. When using the ASCIIMath format (a mathematical markup language) in digital reading and writing, Braille users practice a format not in use by teachers or sighted peers. What we are aiming at here, is to identify the functionality and the technical infrastructure needed to make the design of a truly usable learning environment possible.
Pages: 16 to 21
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2021
Publication date: July 18, 2021
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4138
ISBN: 978-1-61208-870-9
Location: Nice, France
Dates: from July 18, 2021 to July 22, 2021