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Remove Math Player support#19239

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Link to issue number:

Closes #19165

Summary of the issue:

MathPlayer is no longer maintained and is not 64-bit compatible.

Description of user facing changes:

MathPlayer is no longer supported.

Description of developer facing changes:

MathPlayer code has been removed.

Description of development approach:

  • Deleted the mathPres.mathPlayer module
  • Removed mathPlayer_sconscript and its callers from the build system
  • Fixed a few comments and strings that mentioned MathPlayer
  • Removed MathPlayer from miscDeps Remove mathPlayer includes nvda-misc-deps#48

Testing strategy:

Rebuilt NVDA and ensured that it still works and MathCAT continues to function.

Known issues with pull request:

None

Code Review Checklist:

  • Documentation:
    • Change log entry
    • User Documentation
    • Developer / Technical Documentation
    • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
  • Testing:
    • Unit tests
    • System (end to end) tests
    • Manual testing
  • UX of all users considered:
    • Speech
    • Braille
    • Low Vision
    • Different web browsers
    • Localization in other languages / culture than English
  • API is compatible with existing add-ons.
  • Security precautions taken.

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Thanks @SaschaCowley

@SaschaCowley SaschaCowley enabled auto-merge (squash) November 19, 2025 22:45
@SaschaCowley SaschaCowley merged commit 163b8e8 into master Nov 20, 2025
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@SaschaCowley SaschaCowley deleted the remMathPlayer branch November 20, 2025 00:28
@github-actions github-actions Bot added this to the 2026.1 milestone Nov 20, 2025
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