survey about reading MathML documents aloud

Survey on reading math aloud ...

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>From [email protected] Fri Aug  7 14:28:54 2026
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:28:23 +0200
From: Paul Libbrecht <[email protected]>
To: www-math W3C <[email protected]>
Subject: Survey about usage of read-aloud maths
Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:28:31 +0000
Resent-From: [email protected]

Dear WWW-Maths mailing-list,

more and more people use automatic read-aloud functionality for learning
materials -- for example while relaxing on the sofa, jogging, cycling, or
driving. In addition, some students rely on audio formats for accessibility
reasons.

While automatic speech synthesis for regular text has improved significantly,
mathematical content remains a major challenge. Formulae and mathematical
expressions are often difficult to understand when read aloud.

In the IU incubator project Read-Aloud Maths, we investigate how mathematical
content can be made more suitable and understandable for audio-based learning.

For this, we need support from lecturers, students, and teachers. We would
highly appreciate it if you could participate in our short 10'-survey:

https://read-aloud-maths.iu.org/read-aloud-survey/

It would also help us a lot if you could forward the survey to other lecturers
(inside or outside IU), students, or teachers.

The project combines accessibility, mathematics education, and modern AI-based
speech processing.

Thank you very much for your support!

Paul, Robert, Nazli and Tim