Overview
The math converter tool allows the markup languages of AsciiMath, LaTeX, and MathML to be converted by MathJax or MathCAT into speech text, making math content more accessible by interpreting the markup and generating written output. For faculty, students and staff, the basic input and conversion controls offer an easy-to-use interface that allows them to produce and copy mathematical languages with ease.
Who might use this tool
This math conversion tool might be used by many people to enhance the learning experience for individuals with disabilities. These may include:
- An assistive technology staff member who wants to go through the different speech rulesets for a student to assess which language they are used to
- Alternate media staff who need to make course materials more accessible, such as a PDF or Word document with an equation on a page
- An instructor who wants to learn how to verbalize math for a visually impaired student
- An instructor who has a PowerPoint presentation with an image of a math expression and needs to generate alt text
- Someone making a PDF of handwritten math equations accessible, so they use this tool to generate a text alternative for each equation
- A web developer who needs to generate MathML for a math expression for a website without needing to load the MathJax JS library, so they use the tool to easily generate and copy the MathML code
- A student who wants to understand the different settings of their assistive technology, so they use the tool to compare how math is expressed with the different rulesets
- An instructor who wants to make sure they are using the correct LaTeX symbols, so the math is read correctly by assistive technology
- A student who doesn’t use assistive technology but wants to understand how math expressions are announced correctly