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

Wed Dec 3 07:25:19 UTC 2008

Alternatively you can learn Latex and use a simple easy-to-use editor 
to create beautiful documents. It'd probably take less time than it 
would learning how one of these fancy editors works and guess what, 
it's 100% free!
Paul
At 05:34 03/12/2008, you wrote:
>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
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Lori
>Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:51 PM
>To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Press Release: MathType 6.5 for Windows is
>available
>
>Ok, so please excuse my ignorance, but is this accessible for blind users?
>
>L...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Design Science (by way of David Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)"
><MathType at dessci.com>
>To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:23 PM
>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
> > <mailto:brucev at dessci.com>brucev at dessci.com
> >
> > Tel: +1 (562) 432-2920
> > Fax: +1 (562) 432-2857
> > Mobile: +1 (949) 233-8212
> >
> > Design Science, Inc. --
> >
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> >
> > 140 Pine Avenue, 4th Floor
> > Long Beach, California 90802 USA
> >
> > ~ 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.
> >
> >
> > About Design Science
> >
> > Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach,
> > California, Design Science develops software used
> > by educators, scientists and publishing
> > professionals, including MathType, Equation
> > Editor in Microsoft Office, WebEQ, MathFlow and
> > MathPlayer, to communicate on the web and in
> > print. For more information please visit
> >
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