Generating Nemeth Braille Output Sequences from Content MathML Markup

The need for high-quality braille materials is one of the most challenging obstacles faced by visually-impaired students, especially for mathematical content. The need for visually-impaired students to communicate their work to sighted instructors often prevents them from participating in mainstream classrooms in STEM subjects. The goal of this current work is to provide a software system that supports the automatic generation of Nemeth Braille output in the context of a WYSIWYG equation editor designed for sighted math users. This software allows a sighted math user, who need not know Nemeth Braille, to produce high-quality braille materials for math in a fraction of the time, and at a fraction of the expense, of current best practices for print-to-braille translation. This software provides the basis for more immediate communication of mathematical content from sighted users to visually-impaired students, reducing communication barriers that inhibit visually-impaired students from participating in mainstream math and science classrooms.