Title :
Translation of MathML formulas to Polish text, example applications in teaching the blind
Author :
Salamonczyk, Andrzej ; Brzostek-Pawlowska, Jolanta
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Sci., Siedlce Univ. of Natural Sci. & Humanities, Siedlce, Poland
Abstract :
Blind people require special means of reading and writing of mathematical content. They require of alternative user interfaces in accessing math formulas. In this paper a tool helps surpass the difficulty in reading online documents containing mathematical expressions is presented. The translator from a MathML form to text in Polish take into account a mathematical context of symbols and neighboring nodes names in MathML structure.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; mathematics computing; teaching; user interfaces; MathML formula translation; Polish text; blind people teaching; mathematical content; online document reading; user interfaces; Computers; Context; Education; Internet; Mathematics; Navigation; Semantics; MathML; accessibility math formulas; accessible math interface; math formulas to text;
Conference_Titel :
Cybernetics (CYBCONF), 2015 IEEE 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gdynia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8320-9
DOI :
10.1109/CYBConf.2015.7175939
