[Blindmath] Press Release: MathType 6.5 for Windows is available

Wed Dec 3 05:34:42 UTC 2008

Lori, it is quasi accessible.   If you know Latex, you can use it relatively
easily to write equations in Word, and you can also extract Latex from
MathType in Latex, although with a bit more difficulty.

This new version allows you to write a Latex equation in Word and have it
automatically converted into MathType.  I'm not quite sure how this magic
happens, but I am told it is really easy.

One can set some MathType parameters to cause MathType to paste Latex to the
clipboard when you copy from it.  So to get an equation, you select it, copy
to clipboard, then paste back in to Word or notepad or... To get the
equation in Latex.  By the way you can use MathML instead of Tex to write
and read MathType too.  Not me!

I suppose this is accessible, at least it's lots more accessible than
MathType once was.  But not so usable, especially for reading.

John

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Ok, so please excuse my ignorance, but is this accessible for blind users?

L...

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Subject: [Blindmath] Press Release: MathType 6.5 for Windows is available

>
> Hi,
>
> Today we released MathType 6.5 for Windows. The
> complete press release is included below and is
> also available on our website at
>
<http://cl.exct.net/?qs=67b01c05e3d7c3bf605cac7e5aada904424f5936fde174ab6caf
561e6060348c>http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/081202.htm.
>
> Starting with this release, we are positioning
> MathType as a universal editor for mathematical
> notation. MathType already works with hundreds of
> applications and websites and we are now
> maintaining a list of them online in our MathType
> Interoperability Registry. This is just the
> beginning. Ultimately, we would like to make cut
> and paste of mathematics between applications and
> websites as easy as plain text.
>
> Please let us know if you have questions.
>
> Best Regards,
> --Bruce
>
> Bruce Virga
> EVP of Sales & Business Development, COO
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>
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>
> 140 Pine Avenue, 4th Floor
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>
> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, WebEQ, Equation Editor ~
>
> ===========================
> For Immediate Release
> ===========================
>
>
> MathType 6.5 for Windows is Now Shipping
>
>
>
>
> New version designed to work with hundreds of
> education and scientific software applications and websites
>
> LONG BEACH, Calif. - December 2, 2008 - Design
> Science today announced the release of MathTypeT
> 6.5 for Windows, a new version designed to work
> with a wide variety of education and scientific
> applications and websites. The company introduced
> its Equations Everywhere and Anywhere!T
> initiative, hosting the MathType Interoperability
> Registry on its website, a listing of several
> hundred popular educational and scientific
> applications and websites that MathType now works
> with. This new version also includes translators
> for Mathematica and Maple, MathML import, and
> enables users to type TeX/LaTeX equations directly into Microsoft Word.
>
> "Scientists, engineers and educators are now
> using a much wider variety of applications and
> websites in their work than ever before," said
> Paul R. Topping, Design Science's President &
> CEO. "We're quite excited to release a new
> version of MathType that works with many of
> these. We're listening to our customers and
> adding more to the MathType Interoperability
> Registry as fast as we possibly can." In addition
> to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, MathType now
> works with Wikipedia, Moodle, Adobe InDesign,
> Blackboard, QuarkXPress, Autograph, SigmaPlot,
> SMART Notebook, and SmartDraw to name a few.
>
> MathType has long been known as the professional
> version of the Equation Editor in Microsoft
> Office, used by millions of educators, scientists
> and engineers to create papers and presentations
> with textbook-quality equations. According to
> scientific and technical publishers, over 85% of
> submitted manuscripts containing mathematical
> notation are Microsoft Word documents with
> MathType or Equation Editor equations.
>
> MathType is US $57 for academic users, $97 for
> non-academic users; upgrades are US $37 for
> academic users, $49 for non-academic users.
> Anyone can download MathType from the Design
> Science website and try it free for 30 days.
>
>
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>
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