Howdy, Folks.
I am attempting to use the equation editor to create accessible, inline versions of a few specific music theory symbols that otherwise can only be displayed by fonts unsupported by Canvas. Thankfully, the equation editor renders these with visual accuracy!
However, because these are not actual math equations, they do not read correctly on screen readers. These symbols have a markedly different pronunciation than their appearance, and thus are rendered meaningless without customized alt text.
I have tried inserting custom text into the "alt text=", "title=", and/or "data-equation-content=" fields for these equations in the HTML editor, but this still does not work. I have tested this with both Windows Narrator and NVDA, and neither read the custom text. The Immersive Reader also does not read these correctly.
As an example,
(here copied as an inline image*) should be read as "scale degree flat two". Narrator reads this as "two". NVDA reads this as "flat two." Clearly neither screen reader is actually reading the alt text I have entered, and Narrator does not even recognize the musical "flat" symbol from the equation editor's miscellaneous tab.
Could someone please point me in the right direction? Some other HTML snippet to add/delete?
Many thanks,
Jessica
*While my use of it here indicates it is possible to work around this problem by uploading an image several times per paragraph, this is not ideal for several reasons. One, there are issues with scaling and text size. Two, Windows narrator reads the word "image" aloud after each of these, which is obnoxious for inline usage. Three, the alt-text cannot be the same name as the file name, so there is no reasonable way for me to distinguish between what could be hundreds of images in my files that must be named something other than how they would be read out loud. I would vastly prefer a solution via HTML and the equation editor.
