[Blindmath] A question about Microsoft Words equation editor

[Greg]

Hello,
How hard is LATEX to learn?  I never heard of it before I joined this list.
Thanks,
Greg Wocher
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Gardner" <john.gardner at orst.edu>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] A question about Microsoft Words equation editor


> 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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