[Blindmath] creating accessible Math ML digital talking books

[Neil Soiffer]

There are two math-enabled DAISY readers:  EasyReader and gh Player.  It is
only the latest version of EasyReader (version 4.xx) that reads the math
properly.  I suspect that the problem is that an older version is being
used.  You can check the .xml file that is produced by Save As DAISY to make
sure it has "<math>" tags for math in it to make sure the "save as" portion
worked ok.

JAWS won't read DAISY books -- you need Freedom Scientific's FSReader to
read a DAISY book, but I don't think that is math-aware.  Send email to
Freedom Scientific telling them math support is important if you want to use
FSReader.

Neil Soiffer
Senior Scientist
Design Science, Inc.
www.dessci.com
~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, WebEQ, Equation
Editor ~



On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:13 PM, <jeff.gardner at viewplus.com> wrote:

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> Hi folks,
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> I have been researching and trying to create an accessible digital talking
> books in Math ML.  I'm using MS save as DAISY ad-on, MathType, Math DAISY,
> Math Player, and the Dolphin EasyReader.  After creating a document in Word
> 2007 using MathType to insert the equations, I'm saving the document as a
> Word file, then saving it as Full Daisy from single docx.  This is
> producing
> a document that does not read the math equations using EasyReader or JAWS.
> It just says "math equation" when it reaches an equation.
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> I really need assistance with this!  Can anyone offer their expertise?
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> Thank you so much in advance!
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> Penny
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> Penny Gray
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> Adaptive Technology Specialist
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> This document was created with Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice dictation
> software.  Please disregard any unedited misrecognitions.
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