You might want to look at Nemith code, a braille way of interpretscienfic 
notation.

Best wishes,

Jonathan



On Mar 8, 2014, at 10:54 AM, RicksPlace <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Again:
> Googling I found these tags are related to font definitions.
> Several versions are mentioned in a couple of articles so far:
> Mathematical Notation: LaTeX, Mathematica, HTML Entities, Unicode
> Do you know if these are a standard font thingy and should either my browser 
> or WindowEyes be automatically picking them up and speaking them in the 
> correct manner?
> Perhaps my browser is too old, not sure.
> Rick USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: RicksPlace
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: WE and Advanced Math and Science Symbols
> 
> Hi Guys:
> Thought Id start with Wikipedia since it covers allot of general descriptions 
> - not a teaching tool but an explanitory tool.
> Now, symbols seem to be represented by some kind of standardized use of tags.
> Do you recognize the use of the tags below as a standardized methodology of 
> some sort and, if so, what is it called?
> I put in a few examples so someone might recognize something.
> <BeginSamples>
> Vector notation
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>  the common
> typographic convention
>  is upright boldface type, as in
> \mathbf{v}
> OK guys here they are just displaying {V} but use a prefix tag:
> \mathbf
> ...
> Another example:
> or unwieldy, vectors are often represented with
> right-pointing arrow notation or harpoons
>  above their names, as in
> \vec{v}
> Here they use a tag:
> \vec
> before the actual math of {v}
> ...
> Another example:
> A rectangular vector in
> \mathbb{R}^n
>  can be specified using an ordered
> set
>  of components, enclosed in either parentheses or angle brackets.
> In a general sense, an n-dimensional vector v
>  can be specified in either of the following forms:
> \mathbf{v} = (v_1, v_2, \dots, v_{n - 1}, v_n)
> \mathbf{v} = \langle v_1, v_2, \dots, v_{n - 1}, v_n \rangle
> Where v1, v2, …, vn − 1, vn are the components of v.
> Matrix notation
> [
> edit
> ]
> A rectangular vector in
> \mathbb{R}^n
>  can also be specified as a row or column
> matrix
>  containing the ordered set of components. A vector specified as a row matrix 
> is
> known as a
> row vector
> ; one specified as a column matrix is known as a
> column vector
> .
> Again, an n-dimensional vector
> \mathbf{v}
>  can be specified in either of the following forms using matrices:
> \mathbf{v} = \left[ \begin{matrix} v_1 & v_2 & \cdots & v_{n - 1} & v_n 
> \end{matrix}
> \right] = \left( \begin{matrix} v_1 & v_2 & \cdots & v_{n - 1} & v_n 
> \end{matrix}
> \right)
> \mathbf{v} = \left[ \begin{matrix} v_1 \\ v_2 \\ \vdots \\ v_{n - 1} \\ v_n 
> \end{matrix}
> \right]= \left( \begin{matrix} v_1 \\ v_2 \\ \vdots \\ v_{n - 1} \\ v_n 
> \end{matrix}
> \right)
> Where v1, v2, …, vn − 1, vn are the components of v
> . In some advanced contexts, a row and a column vector have different 
> meaning; see
> covariance and contravariance of vectors
> .
> Unit vector notation
> [
> edit
> ]
> A rectangular vector in
> \mathbb{R}^3
>  (or fewer dimensions, such as
> \mathbb{R}^2
>  where vz
>  below is zero) can be specified as the sum of the scalar multiples of the 
> components
> of the vector with the members of the standard
> basis
>  in
> \mathbb{R}^3
> . The basis is represented with the
> unit vectors
> \boldsymbol{\hat{\imath}} = (1, 0, 0)
> ,
> \boldsymbol{\hat{\jmath}} = (0, 1, 0)
> , and
> \boldsymbol{\hat{k}} = (0, 0, 1)
> .
> A three-dimensional vector v can be specified in the following form, using 
> unit vector
> notation:
> \mathbf{v} = v_x \boldsymbol{\hat{\imath}} + v_y \boldsymbol{\hat{\jmath}} + 
> v_z
> \boldsymbol{\hat{k}}
> Where vx, vy, and vz are the magnitudes of the components of v.
> Polar vectors
> [
> edit
> ]
> wiki/File:CircularCoordinates.svg
> It goes on to other vectors for circles etc...
> <EndOfSamples>
> Rick USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: LB
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: WE and Advanced Math and Science Symbols
> 
> Hi Rick,
>  
>     I guess having standard symbols for the math, then splitting each up, 
> isolating them, then using a graphics label for each, store them in your set 
> file and such, then go from there. Just a thought, but seems like a simple 
> way to do it.
>  
>     Most equations use the sup script and such for integrals and can be messy 
> at times but not impossible. But think standard symbols may be a problem at 
> the publishers end. But in a set file you can sort them out based on the 
> publishers usage.
>  
>     Most equations use hyperbolic math for nothing goes in a straight line in 
> physics. That can result in lots of funny math. But keep in mind that all 
> particles are waves and you can always wave back...:)
>  
>     The reality of our universe is all stuff is on a plain and that plain is 
> infinite in nature, in other words take a book and stack it's pages on into 
> infinity and each page is a plain, but so small you could never find it, but 
> when trying to get them apart you kind of get a nuclear bomb, for they do not 
> want to be bothered and have the strength to prove it.
>  
>     touch one part of that thin sheet and it responds back some where, the 
> spooky thing Einstein's discovered in relativity. It is like watching a 
> insect on the surface of a lake or body of water and watch it 
> vibrate...surface tension.
>  
>     Enough about god and where he is, he is just every where. A part of each 
> sheet stacked forever.
>  
>         Bruce
>  
>  
>  
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 6:46 AM
> Subject: WE and Advanced Math and Science Symbols
> 
> Hi:
> What is it about screen readers where they have so much trouble reading 
> advanced math and, or, science characters?
> For example, what about the Calcus symbols or the standard ones often used in 
> describing the EM Field variables?
> Has anyone ever done anything trying to write a script for say either a book 
> reader or even internet pages to make the equations read well?
> I have been looking at many sites lately related to quantum mechanics and 
> light and found many, all?, sites using equations where either I get a line 
> of characters that dont make sense to me or a blank space where a given 
> symbol, image?, is located within the equations.
> I know there are third party packages that might, repeat might, work perhaps 
> with braille but why cant a screen reader like WindowEyes with it's attendant 
> dictionaries be used to read these pages or books?
> I am wondering if the pages or software could be scripted in some way to make 
> advanced math and science equations readable with WindowEyes.
> Just a consideration at this point and not even a thought of being a 
> scripting project but just the question of why it hasent been done by the 
> screen reader companies and if anyone has ever tried to script something to 
> enable it for WindowEyes in the past.
> Rick USA
> 
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