TY - GEN
T1 - A Systematic Mapping of MathML-Enabled Editors for Users with Visual Impairment
AU - Naranjo-Zeledón, Luis
AU - Chacón-Rivas, Mario
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The teaching and learning processes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pose challenges that are particularly hard to overcome when some part involved is visually impaired. Despite the fact that these areas tend to be generators of many jobs, people with this disability often prefer to study other careers, in which they do not require intensive use of STEM. This paper presents a systematic mapping of the technologies that have been proposed to solve this problem, usually in the form of editors that allow the inclusion of mathematical symbology. In addition, we introduce EULER (Editor of Universal Learning Resources), a software tool which allows for accessible editing and sharing of learning resources for mathematics in compliance with the standard MathML format, in order to easily exchange information between sighted and visually impaired people. EULER has been designed to allow it for adapting to areas other than mathematics, such as chemistry or physics. The results of this study show that most of the identified proposals have limitations, either regarding the lack of use of the MathML standard or they are not designed to grow towards other areas of STEM aside from mathematics.
AB - The teaching and learning processes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pose challenges that are particularly hard to overcome when some part involved is visually impaired. Despite the fact that these areas tend to be generators of many jobs, people with this disability often prefer to study other careers, in which they do not require intensive use of STEM. This paper presents a systematic mapping of the technologies that have been proposed to solve this problem, usually in the form of editors that allow the inclusion of mathematical symbology. In addition, we introduce EULER (Editor of Universal Learning Resources), a software tool which allows for accessible editing and sharing of learning resources for mathematics in compliance with the standard MathML format, in order to easily exchange information between sighted and visually impaired people. EULER has been designed to allow it for adapting to areas other than mathematics, such as chemistry or physics. The results of this study show that most of the identified proposals have limitations, either regarding the lack of use of the MathML standard or they are not designed to grow towards other areas of STEM aside from mathematics.
KW - Math education for visually impaired people
KW - Math software accessible
KW - Mathematics software
KW - STEM editor
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85133516578
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-05039-8_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-05039-8_4
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85133516578
SN - 9783031050381
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 49
EP - 61
BT - Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. User and Context Diversity - 16th International Conference, UAHCI 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings
A2 - Antona, Margherita
A2 - Stephanidis, Constantine
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 16th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022
Y2 - 26 June 2022 through 1 July 2022
ER -