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MathML is the only accessible option. Screen readers work with it. Tools like KaTeX output both HTML and MathML simultaneously (HTML for rendering, MathML for
by snicker7 5y ago
MathML is the only accessible option. Screen readers work with it.
Tools like KaTeX output both HTML and MathML simultaneously (HTML for rendering, MathML for screen readers), leading to massive page bloat. MathJax requires client-side JS to look good, which is a big 'no' for me.
Right now, there is no way to display math on the web that: (1) is accessible, (2) works across all modern browsers, (3) is not slow or bloated in some way. MathML in Chrome fixes basically all these problems.
- YetAnotherNick 5y agoI am not a blind but I would much prefer hearing latex formula word by word than whatever alternative they came up with(e.g "a slash pm b" or "slash frac a b"). I really doubt you can unambiguously say long formulas lot more succinctly. Even after having looked at the formula, I can't follow a lecture without having to look at the board and that is human translation which would be better than MathML.
- chobytes 5y agoShould the toolmakers priority not be to make a tool its users will use? This sort of dictating opinions via tech seems common in the browser world, and it honestly makes me thankful we primarily target pdfs and not the web.