[Blindmath] MathType Question

[Ben Humphreys]

I believe that when the cursor is positioned on a mathtype formula, 
pressing Alt+\ will convert it to Latex, which is pure ASCII text 
free of symbols.  It should be easy to read then with a screen reader 
or braille display.  He can actually work the problem in Latex from 
there and print without further conversion back to Mathtype and, in 
theory, all the symbols and formatting should persist once printed.

Example: \pi will produce the Greek pi symbol.

Please forgive me if this doesn't work perfectly right out of the 
box; I'm just learning this on my own for my first calculus class.

Ben

At 08:17 AM 8/26/2011, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am a high school resource teacher serving a visually impaired 
>student. Math is his area of weakness, we believe that it is 
>partially due to spatial awareness issues. He uses Word and MathType 
>combined in Algebra 1 class. When using the two, he clicks on a 
>problem from the Word document which in turn goes to MathType. He 
>works the problem and then copies it back into Word. This is 
>cumbersome for my student. Is there a way to streamline this 
>process? From what I have observed, MathType has a limited number of 
>vertical lines it will accept, so he cannot use it as his primary 
>mode for turning in his homework. Reading the problem from Braille 
>and transferring it to MathType is tedious, and he often makes 
>mistakes in transferring it. I look forward to many great ideas!!
>
>Have a great day - Kate
>
>Kate Julian
>
>
>
>
>
>
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