[Blindmath] MathDaisy 1.0 Released

Michael Whapples mwhapples at aim.com
Sat Apr 18 23:13:54 UTC 2009 

Also could I add regarding this, the daisy books containing the math can 
be produced so it is a feature which when added to these free readers 
(or non-free if one of those are your favourite) could be used 
immediately, rather than the case that stands in other areas where even 
if AT providers add such a feature we may need to wait for support from 
other software. I feel this makes it an even stronger case for math 
support to be added to the daisy readers.

Michael Whapples
On 18/04/09 20:10, Neil Soiffer wrote:
> It should be pretty easy to at least be a basic player that works with
> math.  The math has alt image and alt text, so they just need to grab that
> and use it rather than the MathML.  Another free one is Buttercup (
> http://www.buttercupreader.net/).
>
> If you aren't able to contribute to these projects with technical skills, at
> least tell them that you would like to use them but can't because they don't
> support math.  I've said it many times, and I'll say it again:  the reason
> math is not supported by all AT is that the vendors (whether for profit or
> open source) is that they haven't heard from their users that math support
> is critical.  If you want to want see math support in AMIS or Buttercup or
> .(name your favorite software), send them email -- don't assume someone else
> will do it or that the developers know what is important to you.
>
> Neil Soiffer
> Senior Scientist
> Design Science, Inc.
> www.dessci.com
> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, WebEQ, Equation
> Editor ~
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Roopakshi Pathania
> <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>    
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I read the list of math-enabled players.
>> What I am wondering is, what would it take to math-enable open-sourse DAISY
>> players like Amis?
>> Any requirements that you can list?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> "If God only gave me a clear sign; like making a large deposit in my name
>> at a swiss bank."
>> ~ Woody Allen
>>
>>
>> --- On Sat, 4/18/09, Neil Soiffer<Neils at dessci.com>  wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> From: Neil Soiffer<Neils at dessci.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] MathDaisy 1.0 Released
>>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"<
>>>        
>> blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>>      
>>> Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 9:14 AM
>>> Yes, MathDaisy will work with
>>> equations by any of the three equations
>>> editors that are commonly used with Word:  the
>>> built-in free one that comes
>>> with all versions of Word; MathType, the upgrade to that
>>> editor; and the new
>>> free editor that only works in Word 2007.  You must
>>> have MathType 6.5 or
>>> later on the computer that you are using Save as DAISY
>>> on.  For more
>>> information, check out the FAQs at
>>> http://dessci.com/en/products/mathdaisy/faqs.htm
>>>
>>> Neil Soiffer
>>> Senior Scientist
>>> Design Science, Inc.
>>> www.dessci.com
>>> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy,
>>> WebEQ, Equation
>>> Editor ~
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Pranav Lal<pranav.lal at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Hi Neal,
>>>>
>>>> Will this program work with equations that have been
>>>>          
>>> created using the
>>>        
>>>> default equation editor in Microsoft Word?
>>>>
>>>> Pranav
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>          
>>> [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>        
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Neil Soiffer
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:46 AM
>>>> To: Blind Math list for those interested in
>>>>          
>>> mathematics
>>>        
>>>> Subject: [Blindmath] MathDaisy 1.0 Released
>>>>
>>>> Apologies for the commercial nature of this post, but
>>>>          
>>> it is something of
>>>        
>>>> interest to many people on the list...
>>>>
>>>> We at Design Science are happy to announce the release
>>>>          
>>> of our newest
>>>        
>>>> product, MathDaisy. Many educational institutions now
>>>>          
>>> require teachers,
>>>        
>>>> instructors, and professors to make classroom
>>>>          
>>> materials accessible to
>>>        
>>>> students with disabilities. MathDaisy makes it
>>>>          
>>> possible to save
>>>        
>>>> Microsoft Word documents containing equations as a
>>>>          
>>> DAISY book that can
>>>        
>>>> be read by students on a personal computer or a
>>>>          
>>> dedicated eBook reader.
>>>        
>>>> The press release has been published on our website
>>>>          
>>> at
>>>        
>>>> http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/090413.htm
>>>>
>>>> Our hope is that MathDaisy together with Word's Save
>>>>          
>>> as DAISY makes it easy
>>>        
>>>> enough to publish DAISY "books" with math in them that
>>>>          
>>> anyone can, and more
>>>        
>>>> importantly, will create accessible material to give
>>>>          
>>> to their students,
>>>        
>>>> colleagues, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Neil Soiffer
>>>> Senior Scientist
>>>> Design Science, Inc.
>>>> www.dessci.com
>>>> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy,
>>>>          
>>> WebEQ, Equation
>>>        
>>>> Editor ~
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