393<p>We argue that the problem of accessibility can be viewed purely as the problem of notation translation: visually impaired individuals differ from sighted<br /> individuals in that the two use different notations for reading and writing. The notations used by the two groups differ only in syntax, they represent<br /> the same semantics. We therefore argue that the solution to the accessibility problem lies in building powerful semantics-preserving translators that can<br /> be used for converting notations used by the sighted to those used by the visually-impaired, and vice versa. Such automatic translators will ease the communication<br /> bottle-neck between the two groups, a major hurdle in Science/Math accessibility. We discuss the challenges in building these translators.<br /> We argue that the problem of accessibility can be viewed purely as the problem of notation translation: visually impaired individuals differ from sighted<br /> individuals in that the two use different notations for reading and writing. The notations used by the two groups differ only in syntax, they represent<br /> the same semantics. We therefore argue that the solution to the accessibility problem lies in building powerful semantics-preserving translators that can<br /> be used for converting notations used by the sighted to those used by the visually-impaired, and vice versa. Such automatic translators will ease the communication<br /> bottle-neck between the two groups, a major hurdle in Science/Math accessibility. We discuss the challenges in building these translators.</p> LOMv1.0authorBEGIN:VCARD FN:Gopal Gupta EMAIL;INTERNET:gupta@utdallas.edu ORG:University of Texas at Dallas END:VCARDMP3, PDF13220321LOMv1.215 minutesLOMv1.2YesLOMv1.2Yes