[Athen] Seeking an accessible math book

[Joshua Hori via athen-list]

Hello All,

There is also the Libretexts.org OER/OpenStax library that is available to the public. Here’s the bookshelf for math textbooks: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves

My team was responsible for creating the Accessibility Checker for Libretexts, and more details about it’s fixing capabilities can be found in my Notion notes<https://www.notion.so/LibreText-Accessibility-Checker-e6812f6dd33446fea662808d1fa0ec92>. There’s still some instances of “filename.png” being used for images in textbooks, but authors can now easily fix it. We have also integrated Immersive Reader and BeelineReader as a reading option.

We have ADAPT homework to help with inaccessible H5P homework questions/quizzes.

Best,

Joshua Hori
Accessible Technology Coordinator
Information Educational Technology
Academic Technology Services
50 Hutchison Dr.
Davis, CA 95616
530-752-2439
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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman22.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Shannon L Garcia via athen-list <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>, Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu>, Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>, Ana Thompson <thomana at uw.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book
Hi all,
I highly recommend the OpenStax OERs: https://openstax.org/subjects/math/

If you like, please reach out to me off-list - we have a large archive of STEM materials (Word with MathML) that we have remediated in-house.

Shannon



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Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book


Hi Susan,

I lead accessibility efforts at UW Bothell and have been doing accessible Math testing with MathType and the Word Equation Editor for Math as well as Chemistry formulas for lab handouts. Could you share Math Book information with me too, please? Thank you so much!



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Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking an accessible math book

Deb, I have some files for pre-calc, linear algebra, and calc in both Word with MathType and MathML format.  Not whole books, as we really just do the needed sections and chapters, but I can certainly send you some.  If this works, let me know and I’ll put together a selection for you.





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Hopefully an OER textbook for basic Math, pre-algebra, and algebra perhaps.

My goal is to ensure I understand both how the Humanware devices that support math, and the JAWS support for math work.

I am field-testing one device and I own another one. Plus I use JAWS with several Braille displays.

The Math that’s supported is Math-ML and equations entered in the Word equation editor, so the format of the documents could be either Word or HTML. Images of formulas or equations are not going to cut it!

Right now, I have no blind students who use Braille that are taking any math. and those using JAWS are not taking math either right now.

But eventually my Braille readers will be taking some sort of freshman math and so will my JAWS users.

And I want to be ahead of things so I can show the students and their instructors how all this works.

I’ve listened to a few webinars, but I don’t actually have more than a few simple examples, and what I really need is a textbook so I can try working through some exercises and be able to demo this stuff. Getting Nemeth in textbooks is pretty easy, but I’m looking for textbooks that the devices or JAWS can work with, because ideally I want instructors producing accessible exams. And of course not all my blind students can read Braille.

I wish someone would get a grant to produce a fully accessible remedial math online course that will allow my blind students to easily qualify for either higher math or give them enough math they can get a non-STEM degree.

Thoughts? Availability of accessible textbooks?

--Debee


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