[Blindmath] A question about Microsoft Words equation editor

[John Gardner]

MS Word 2007's native math editor has a display mode that is 
quasi-accessible.  You'd need to add some symbols to your screen reader 
dictionary and be willing to put up with a ton of parentheses.  If you 
are lucky you might get somebody at Microsoft to help you a bit, but as 
far as I know there are no tutorials for using this math editor with a 
screen reader.  So unless somebody else knows of additional information, 
you'd be on your own.

Frankly I would just install MathType and use it in MS Word.  MathType 
is usable by a blind person if you know how to read and write Latex 
equations.


On 1/6/2010 3:28 PM, Greg wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have some questions about Microsoft words equation editor:
> 1.  Is it accessible?
> 2.  If so is it fairly easy to use?
> The reason I ask is that I am taking a college algebra class online and we have to use it if we do our assignments electronically instead of handwriting the assignment.
> Thank you in advance,
> Greg Wocher
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