Decorated variables

[davidfarmer]

I would like to discuss the best way to indicate intent for
decorated variables.

Case 1:
f with something on top of it, such as:
bar, tilde, hat
(Those are not the official Unicode names.)

Typically these have a meaning, and commonly they are pronounced
"f bar", "f tilde", "f hat".

Ideally I would want it pronounced "f hat" and provide the reader
a way to know that it means "Fourier transform of f". But, I would
not want the reader to hear "Fourier transform of f" every time.
(So, I am willing to sacrifice the meaning in order to get the
usual pronunciation.)

Case 2:
f with a superscript that is a symbol, such as:
*, ', + .

Again, there may be a meaning, but commonly the pronunciation
would be "f star", "f prime", "f plus". It is okay with me if
AT says "f sup star", etc.

It would help if the default pronunciation is as described above.
Then a property could be used to indicate the meaning and not
change pronunciation.

[NSoiffer]

There an idea that has floated around for a while that hovering on an expression that has intent properties will bring up a popover that shows the properties. For someone who is using a screen reader, I think there is a mechanism to hear aria-descriptions and perhaps they can be mapped there.

Hopefully we can discuss this at a WG meeting and someone who is more proficient with screen readers (and knows more than one screen reader) can verify there is a way to get at extra info.

[polx]

We discussed this in the meeting and it really seems like this is a new feature we should plan for a later MathML version. Probably 4.1.

Closing till we entreprise that.