<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Hi<br>
<br>Tonight's TeX Hour is about code and math accessibility. I'd like to get examples of accessibility being easy and hard, and to understand better why. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">The TeX Hour is today, Thursday 10 June, 6.30 to 7.30pm UK time. The UK time now is at <a href="https://time.is/UK" target="_blank">https://time.is/UK</a>. The zoom details are<br><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09</a><br>Meeting ID: 785 5125 5396<br>Passcode: knuth<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">I'm interested in all reasons, including cultural, social, legal, technical and economic. I hope that shared examples and understanding will help both experts and beginners in this area.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Here's some top level suggestions:</div><div class="gmail_quote">1. There are legal requirements to provide accessibility.</div><div class="gmail_quote">2. Projects don't think early enough about accessibility.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">3. Sighted developers don't get the blind user's experience.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">4. There are mature standards, such as Nemeth Braille for mathematics.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Digging deeper we might say:</div><div class="gmail_quote">5. There's no STEM tools similar to <a href="https://wave.webaim.org/" target="_blank">https://wave.webaim.org/</a> for ordinary web pages.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">And deeper yet we might say:</div><div class="gmail_quote">6. Here are some good and not so good examples of an accessibility tree:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="https://accessibleweb.com/question-answer/what-is-an-accessibility-tree-and-how-do-i-view-it/" target="_blank">https://accessibleweb.com/question-answer/what-is-an-accessibility-tree-and-how-do-i-view-it/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Optimistically, I'm hoping this TeX Hour (really STEM Access Hour) will collect and where necessary create useful resources. It's not enough to provide the facts. Real world stories that relate to the reader are also needed. Perhaps start with problems and questions, search for experts and solutions, and then collect and curate the resources.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">This is a general process. Being the TeX Hour, we have a special interest and responsibility for matters such as LaTeX syntax, tagged PDF capabilities, and navigation of mathematical content.</div><div class="gmail_quote">
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Interested? Please email me, or come along to the TeX Hour. I welcome your experience and ideas. And I very much value questions from beginners.<br>
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The video from last week (Rethinking the beginner experience) is not yet on YouTube.<br>
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with best regards<br>
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Jonathan<br>
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