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 > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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