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Re:Problems with math rendering on the web (2020) by johneth on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:11AM (#27659581)
Surely MathML is better than an image for users of assistive technologies (screen readers, etc.).

That alone should be enough to favour it over just images.

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Re:Problems with math rendering on the web (2020) by TheRealPomax on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:02PM (#27668797)
You'd think, but not really: whether a screen reader reads out MathML or just reads out a proper alt attribute makes no difference.
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Re:Problems with math rendering on the web (2020) by cthor on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:00AM (#27659848)
Setting the alt attribute to whatever input generated the image should cover that.
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