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Re:The future of education is plain text by edtechdev on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @01:02PM (#14546363)
There's been some work on english language versions of mathematical expressions, which at the very least can help with accessibility.

Handbook for Spoken Mathematics (1983) http://web.efzg.hr/dok/MAT/vkojic/Larrys_speakeasy.pdf

MathPlayer https://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/

TalkMaths http://talkmaths.sourceforge.net/

Language and Mathematics: Bridging between Natural Language and Mathematical Language in Solving Problems in Mathematics http://file.scirp.org/pdf/CE20100300008_45591409.pdf

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Re:The future of education is plain text by posterboy on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @08:37AM (#14552249)
I am not sure that is a good idea. The reduced entropy of our writing system, as easy to learn as it is, doesn't work very well with the density of mathematical formulas. If anything, I would favour more symbolic formulas.
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