openlibhums / openlibhums/janeway

support Aria-label retro-fixing for Maths in XML

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Description

This is about MathJax elements and whether they are correctly displaying to screenreaders. It is going to need testing with a screenreader to distinguish whether this is incorrect use of MathJax, or site improve (which flagged this) doesn't understand MathJax.

the key question is whether role=presentation is correct here, as used to hide decorative elements from screenreaders. amd whether a screen-reader friendly alternative is being correctly specified.

example:
https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/mmb/article/id/12562/

<span class="inline-formula mathml">
<span class="MathJax_Preview" style="color: inherit; display: none;"></span>
<span id="MathJax-Element-1-Frame" class="mjx-chtml MathJax_CHTML" tabindex="0" data-mathml="<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mi>R</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>&#x3BB;</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math>" role="presentation" style="font-size: 103%; position: relative;">
<span id="MJXc-Node-1" class="mjx-math" aria-hidden="true">  </span>
<span class="MJX_Assistive_MathML" role="presentation">  </span>
</span>
<script type="math/mml" id="MathJax-Element-1">  </script>
</span>
</span>

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Research direction

Begin with the example URL and the supplied MathJax HTML; test it with a screenreader, focusing on role="presentation" and the assistive MathML alternative. Trace whether the markup is generated by Janeway or only reported by Siteimprove. Done means the problem ownership and required accessible markup are established, with the behavior verified against the example.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html, xml
Domain
accessibility
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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