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MathML Cloud Sanders Kleinfeld, O Reilly Media Sue-Ann Ma, Benetech Labs July 15, 2015
The DIAGRAM Center A Benetech Global Literacy Initiative Digital Image and Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials Goal: Make it easier, faster, and cheaper to create and use accessible images for students with print disabilities 5-year Research & Development Center funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Awarded to Benetech along with partners: The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH U.S. Fund for DAISY Page 2
Todays Webinar is Presented By Sanders Kleinfeld Director of Publishing Technology, O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sue-Ann Ma Product Manager, Benetech Labs Page 3
Housekeeping Download slides at http://diagramcenter.org/webinars.html Please enter your questions in chat window Q & A at the end This webinar is being recorded We will notify you when a recording of this webinar is posted at http://diagramcenter.org/webinars.html Page 4
Importance of STEM STEM fields play an increasingly critical role in ensuring states economic vitality and the economic growth of the nation as a whole. Every high school graduate needs essential competencies in STEM as preparation for postsecondary education, work, and citizenship. - NGA Center for Best Practices Page 5
Initial Goal of MathML Cloud See (sqrt 54 = x^3) Start Root 54 End Root equals x cubed Hear Page 6
Why is Digital Math So Hard? Inputs Several ways to input math Outputs Visual rendering (what you see) Aural rendering (what you hear) Other Needs Solving math Collaboration/feedback Navigation/drill-down Math diagrams And more Tools Page 7
Addressing the Digital Math Problem MathML Cloud Page 8
MathML Cloud on the Web Visit MathML Cloud: https://mathmlcloud.org/ Page 9
MathML Cloud Adoption Integration Options for MathML Cloud: 1. Try it out 2. Use the API 3. Take the code Target Audience: large-scale content producers (e.g. publishers and conversion vendors) Volume impact! Technical resources to help integrate into the existing pipeline Born Accessible means starting early in the production chain Reach out to Benetech s existing partners Page 11
About OReilly Media O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Publishes ~150 frontlist STEM titles each year in print and ebook (EPUB, MOBI, PDF) formats each year Majority of frontlist titles are focused on computing topics; small but significant percentage (~10-15%) contain complex mathematical equations Page 12
OReillys Production Workflow Books are authored and produced in O Reilly s Atlas platform (https://atlas.oreilly.com). Production is performed on source files in XHTML5, DocBook XML, or AsciiDoc formats. Equations are embedded directly in source files in either LaTeX or MathML markup (usually LaTeX, because of its more lightweight syntax). Print and ebook outputs are autogenerated using a XSL and CSS-based toolchain. Page 13
OReillys Production Workflow (flowchart) (optional; can start with XHTML5) AsciiDoc or DocBook XHTML5 Packaging XSL + CSS Packaging XSL + CSS Antenna House + Print CSS3 Antenna House + Web CSS3 EPUB Print PDF Web PDF EPUB Custom XSL for EPUB post- processing + KF8/Mobi7 CSS Mobi-ready EPUB Kindlegen Source Content Intermediate Output Mobi (KF8) Final Output For Sale Page 14
OReillys Challenge How do we take our LaTeX equation source content and automatically convert it so that it s optimized for both print and electronic output formats? Page 15
OReillys Challenge Neither MathML nor SVG are currently viable equation formats for ebooks, due to wildly inconsistent rendering support across the ereader ecosystem Page 16
MathML rendered in iBooks Page 17
MathML rendered in Kindle Fire Page 18
SVG rendered in iBooks Page 19
SVG rendered in Kindle classic Page 20
Whats left? Only reliable, universal ebook equation rendering format is bitmap graphics (JPEG, PNG, GIF). But how to autogenerate these graphics from LaTeX and make them accessible? Page 21
OReilly Medias Pilot Program O Reilly uses MathML Cloud API (https://github.com/benetech/mmlc-api/wiki/API-Definition) to batch-convert large quantities of LaTeX equations: Page 22
Making requests to MathMLCloud API Generating alt text for Pythagorean Theorem in LaTeX via cURL POST request to MathML Cloud API: LaTeX: a^2+b^2=c^2 cURL request: curl -X POST -d "math=a^2+b^2=c^2" -d "mathType=TeX" -d "description=true" https://mathmlcloud.org/equation Page 23
Other Benefits to a MathML CloudBased Workflow Equation renderings are autogenerated; no need for an illustrator to produce them in an image editor Revisions can be made directly in the TeX/MML source; no need to edit bitmap graphics directly Equation content is web-ready as TeX/MML markup and can be rendered in the browser with MathJax: http://www.mathjax.org For O Reilly, time savings of 5-10 hours per book that contains math content Page 24
Beyond the pilot O Reilly is currently piloting: Generating PNG images from LaTeX source using MathML Cloud API at mathmlcloud.org Generating alt text descriptions for PNG using MathML Cloud API at mathmlcloud.org Future work: Setting up O Reilly-hosted MathML Cloud server Completing integration into automated Production toolchain Page 25
Looking Ahead for MathML Cloud May 2015: MathML Cloud enters Beta Second half of 2015: Monitor feedback from pilot programs & early adopters: Publishers Conversion Vendors edTech (e.g. LMS, authoring platform providers) Academic Institutions (e.g. alt media & educators) Note: MathML Cloud is NOT optimized for all audiences Tweak MathML Cloud as needed Explore additional tools, features, and funding resources to continue supporting the digital math arena for all learners Page 26
Questions? Page 27
For More Information DIAGRAM Center Research http://diagramcenter.org/research.html Twitter @DIAGRAMC https://twitter.com/DIAGRAMC Email us info@diagramcenter.org Born Accessible http://benetech.org/our-programs/literacy/born-accessible/ Benetech Global Literacy http://benetech.org/our-programs/literacy/ Page 28
Even more resources Visit our webinars page at http://diagramcenter.org/webinars.html Tactile Graphics with a Voice New Models for Creating Accessible Interactive Widgets for STEM Learning 3D Printing for the Accessible Classroom Accessible Image Sample Book Office Hours with the Image Description Experts Tools for Creating Accessible Math Best Practices for Integrating Accessible Images into eBooks and DTBs Accessible Images: From Creation to End User How to Describe Complex Images for Accessibility Digital Accessible Math Images Page 29
Thank you for attending! Page 30
