[Blindmath] Calling for Help From DAISY Book Producers

John J. Boyer john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com
Mon Oct 25 18:36:29 UTC 2010


I'm glad to hear that you are promoting MathML. BrailleBlaster isn't 
ready yet, but you might try the ODT2braille plugin for OpenOffice, 
which uses liblouisxml. Please ask me any questions.

John

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:21:00AM -0700, Roopakshi Pathania wrote:
> 
> Yes John, that's a good point.
> 
> I'm involved in a project for producing standard Indian Math textbooks into MathML, Daisy, and Braille.
> 
> When we'll come to Braille, I'm thinking of BrailleBlaster instead of directly using Liblouisxml.
> I'll certainly come to you with plenty of questions.
> 
> Regards
> --- On Mon, 10/25/10, John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Calling for Help From DAISY Book Producers
> > To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> > Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 10:15 PM
> > 
> > Math content in Daisy books should be in MathML.
> > liblouisxml can 
> > transcribe it into various braille math codes.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 08:22:11AM -0700, Roopakshi
> > Pathania wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm looking for anyone (educators if possible) who
> > have produced DAISY books with Math content.
> > > I have a couple of questions.
> > > Please contact me off-list
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > 
> > >? ? ???
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