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Support for mathematics
EasyReader App provides an accessible reading solution for MathML content in EPUB 3 and HTML books through the application of MathCAT (Capable Assistive Technology).
EasyReader App will highlight and speak maths expressions as you read your book. There are several settings you can adjust to change how maths expressions are managed. You can access these settings in the Reader's "Audio settings".
Settings include:
- Language. This value determines the default language to be used to speak the maths expression. Languages include English, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian, and Vietnamese. If the regional variant is not found among the speech rules, the speech will fall back to using the main language. If speech rules for the main language cannot be found, English is used.
- Speech Style. This value determines the style used to speak expressions based on a set of guiding principles. A change in style may alter the wording used to describe an expression and the pauses used when speaking the expression. Options include "Clear Speak" and "Simple Speak". Clear Speak aims to closely match phrasing in a classroom, while Simple Speak aims to use phrasing that is brief and focuses on using open and close bracketing to disambiguate complicated expressions.
- Verbosity. This value determines how expansive speech is in describing an expression, for example, speech may say "the square root of x" using a High Verbosity or say "square root x" when using a Low Verbosity. Options include "Low", "Medium", and "High".
- Impairment. This value determines whether certain notations are disambiguated or not in speech. Options include "Blindness", "Low Vision", and "Learning Disability".
- Chemistry. This value determines whether certain expressions may be considered as chemical formula or as maths expressions. Options include "Spell Out" and "Off". Note that MathCAT may sometimes misinterpret chemical formula and wrongly categorise maths expressions.
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