ClearSpeak Authoring Tutorial Workbook
Beth Brownstein & Lois Frankel
Educational Testing Service
Acknowledgments
The authoring tools were designed by the authors and Neil Soiffer (Design Science, Inc.) and implemented in MathType™ by Design Science, Inc. NVAccess enhanced the NVDA screen reader to support MathPlayer and its navigation functionality within Microsoft Word®.
Development of this tutorial and of some of the tools described herein was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R324A110355 to the Educational Testing Service. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
Copyright © 2015 by Educational Testing Service.
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Use this document for completing the tutorial. Math expressions for you to create using the tutorial have been converted to images for your reference. The images will not speak, but the expressions you create based on the images should speak. Please save this document in a convenient place on your computer.
Task 1.1 Using MathType™
Following the steps in the tutorial, create the following expression using MathType:
Enter your expression in the space below.
Task 2.1: Clearingpreferences to make expressions speak according to the rules
Following steps 1–9, create the expression and make it speak according to the rules.
Enter your expression in the space below.
Reproduction of table in step 10, including space for you to enter your expressions.
Expression / Enter Your Expression Below / Expected Speech (according to the rules)/ 2 to the eighth power
/ 3 raised to the y plus 1 power
/ One-half
/ 16 over 33
/ The fraction with numerator x plus 1, and denominator xplus2
/ The square root of x plus 1
Task 2.2: Making expressions speak according to previously defined preferences.
The directions in this task are followed by two notes. The examples follow the second note.
Example 1: Expression:
Enter your expression in the space below.
Example 2: Expression:
Enter your expression in the space below.
Task 2.3 Exploring Preferences
2.3.1 Fraction Preferences
Expression:
Enter your expression in the space below.
2.3.2 Exponent Preferences
Expression:
Enter your expression in the space below.
2.3.3 Multiple Preferences
Expression:
Enter your expression in the space below.
2.3.4 Practicing with Multiple Preferences
Reproduction of Table, including space for you to enter your expressions.
Expression / Enter your Expression below / Preference(s) / Expected Speech/ Fraction_Over.eqp / x plus 1 over 2
/ Fraction_FracOver.eqp / The fraction x plus 1 over 2
/ Exponent_AfterPower.eqp / x raised to the power 2 plus 5 x raised to the power 6
/ Do not attach or clear any preferences. / The fraction x raised to the power 3 plus 2 x raised to the power 4 over x raised to the power 2
Why should it speak this way?Answer: The last fraction preference files set was Frac_FracOver.eqp, and the last exponent preference file set was Exp_AfterPower.eqp.
Note: If you did not enter this expression just after the previous two in this table, the speech could be different.
/ Exponent_Before Power.eqp
Frac_General.eqp / The fraction with numerator x raised to the third power plus 2 x raised to the fourth power, and denominator x raised to the second power
Task 3.1 Entering Exact Speech
Expression:
Enter your expression in the space below.
Task 3.3 Entering and Removing Exact Speech
Expression:
Enter your expression in the space below:
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