Comment 1 by jteh on 2014-08-27 00:46
We're currently working on support for math in NVDA using MathPlayer 2014 from Design Science. Once that's implemented, we don't want to fall back to aria-label because that would override NVDA's own math presentation.

Leaving this open for now in case MathPlayer doesn't work out or progress stalls.

@jcsteh You seem to indicate in #4422 (comment) that this issue would be invalidated if Math Player support in NVDA becomes a reality, which it has, as of 2017. Time to close? @ehollig

Actually, MathPlayer was implemented into NVDA in 2015.2 according to the What's New.
• Using MathPlayer 4 from Design Science, NVDA can now read and interactively navigate mathematical content in web browsers and in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. See the "Reading Mathematical Content" section in the User Guide for details. (#4673)
Closing, but can be reopened in I misunderstand the issue.

No, aria-label with role of math labels something, but identifies the node as math.

@derekriemer commented on 15 Aug 2017, 00:40 GMT+10:

No, aria-label with role of math labels something, but identifies the node as math.

It would also override the real math content within. See the example provided in the issue description. The label is being used to provide a spoken representation of the math. We don't want to override usable math semantics with simple text.

Since MathPlayer did happen, this issue should indeed be closed.

What if it's

wo, um ... I don't know how my message came through like that. What I meant, and have no idea how it happened, is What if <img role="math" aria-label="a subscript one plus a subscript 2 plus dot dot dot plus a subscript n" src="blah">