[Blindmath] Question on MathML accessibility with Kurzweil 3000

[Tom Tillo]

Hi Niel ,

Thanks for the steps to read mathML Pages with Kurzweil. ( Yeah I was using
Firefox. ). Will try it out with the steps you have provided.

Jamal ,
I had tried the command line version, and it *worked* with the sample files
provided with the bundle.
As the documentation says all you have to do is to point to the directory
where the input files are. Am sure you must have tried with the sample file.
( in the rare case you haven't, have pasted the command line options that
*worked* for me .

Having said that, When I tried with another scanned file ( tiff, 600 dpi,
binary ) it gives the error -
"Infty Reader can accept only binary files" ,
Though the same input file *works fine* with the GUI version of the
InftyReader (version 2.8.3.1 )
Am not sure why , and as you rightly mentioned , if there is a doc on the
best practices while using the command line version , it would have been
great .

( Iam still trying with various conversions and with various threshold
settings while converting into a binary file . )

Regards
Tom

Command line options that worked.
 eg : from command line,
inftyReader D:\InftyReaderE244e_Setup\Samples  ( WORKS )
where D:\InftyReaderE244e_Setup\Samples is the location of the input files .
default output is .iml
( if there are more than one input file, it merges the output into a single
.iml file )

There is a whole lot of options available on the output type.
eg inftyReader D:\InftyReaderE244e_Setup\Samples -f iml ( WORKS )
inftyReader D:\InftyReaderE244e_Setup\Samples
-f tex and -f hrtex works fine too but not -f html . ( it crashes while
trying to write the file )



On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> Unfortunately, I have never gotten the command line version to work,
> despite many hours of effort tinkering with settings.  Even with file types
> the documentation says are valid input, the program either does not
> recognize them or crashes early in the OCR process.  I have tried various
> ways of converting from PDF to TIF or other input formats without success.
>  Please consider writing a tutorial on how to use the command line version
> successfully with PDFs and any other free tools that are needed.
>
> Thanks,
> Jamal
>
>
> On 9/4/2010 10:55 AM, PR Stanley wrote:
>
>>  Actually, the commandline version of the InftyReader is totally free! If
>> anyone wants a copy please don't hesitate to drop me a line.
>> Paul
>> At 15:49 04/09/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> I am confused.
>>> I thought MathPlayer from Design Science was what you were looking
>>> for. Plays math ml and it is freeware.
>>> I did not know that K3000 played math ml, in any case I find that
>>> product just very expensive, even if it is a good scanner.
>>> For math scanning I'd go with Infty Reader, it is less expensive and I
>>> know they have student pricing.
>>> Thanks
>>> -Birkir
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/4/10, Tom Tillo <tomtillo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi All ,
>>> >
>>> > I have downloaded the trial version of Kurzweil 3000 ( version 12 )
>>> since I
>>> > read that it has extended support for mathml. I tried it out with
>>> several
>>> > sites with MathML embedded in them , but was unable to read the
>>> MathML bit.
>>> > It fails to recognise the math characters. (Even with the firefox
>>> extension
>>> > for K3000 - kesireader.xpi )
>>> >
>>> > I guess Iam overlooking/missing something small. If any one of you have
>>> > tried to read mathML using K3000, can you please fill in the missing
>>> link
>>> > for me ?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks and Regards
>>> > Tom
>>> > tomtillo at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> > P.S: On a different topic - Has anyone tried to link eSpeak / any
>>> SAPI5s
>>> > compliant synthesisers with the MathPlayer APIs ? I was thinking .. it
>>> > could be developed into a *FREE* reader for MathML, like that
>>> provided by
>>> > K3000 .
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