[Blindmath] Physics Lab Report

[Munawar Bijani]

Hi,
What is Mathtype and where can I obtain a copy? This sounds interesting. Can 
equations from Word be converted into into the wikipedia format just like 
they can be "forward translated?"
Munawar A. Bijani
"Knowledge is of two types: absorbed and heard. The heard knowledge is only 
useful if it is absorbed." - Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib, Nahj Al-Balagha
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Soiffer" <Neils at dessci.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Physics Lab Report


> Unfortunately, the math editor in word is not itself accessible.  However,
> if you have MathType 6.5 or later, you can enter expressions as TeX 
> directly
> in the Word document and then convert them to nicely formatted math
> expressions for your teacher.  MathType accepts the "texvc" format used by
> Wikipedia and you can get more information on that syntax at:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula.
>
> Learning TeX can take some time, but if you only care about math, it is a
> bit less daunting.  You need to learn about the proper use of curly braces
> "{}" and a few commands such as "^" for superscript and \frac and \sqrt 
> for
> fractions and square roots.  You'll also need to learn the names of 
> special
> characters, but some of them like \theta are pretty obvious.  It's not as
> nice as direct editing because leaving off a braces or forgetting a
> backslash can result in something completely different from what you want.
> But as others have said, TeX is used a lot in some areas of math and
> science, so it doesn't hurt to learn it.
>
> Discliamer:  I work for Design Science, which as my signature line
> indicates, makes MathType.  Someday, we hope to make MathType itself
> accessible to those who are blind.
>
> Neil Soiffer
> Senior Scientist
> Design Science, Inc.
> www.dessci.com
> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, WebEQ, Equation
> Editor ~
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Matthew <matdawg17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi! I am a high school senior in an AP Physics course.  We are currently
>> working on a lab that requires a full lab report.  The teacher requests 
>> that
>> all equation derivations be done in Microsoft Word with equation editor, 
>> but
>> everything I read says that Jaws cannot work with this.  Any suggestions 
>> on
>> how I should go about doing this report? Thanks!!
>>
>> Matt
>>
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