[Blindmath] Help with Math player

Fri Jan 14 14:03:20 UTC 2011

Greg,

	I'm looking at some of the LaTex and the rules and design is not incredibly different from Nemeth.  Or any of the many other CAS languages for that matter.  There's got to be a coming together at some point.  I want a screen reader that sees: x = #frac{y+z/2}{y^{2}+1} and can both say it and produce the nemeth accurately.  Seems like a simple enough 1-1 mapping with some additional conditions.  Aren't the conditions for grade 2 braille actually more complex?


On Jan 14, 2011, at 6:05 AM, Greg wrote:

> Hello,
> No I do not know latex at all.  I was hoping to avoid using it.  I did not want to have to learn a programming language on top of everything else I have to learn for school.  Though I believe I am going to have to learn it. Anyone have suggestions on a good place to start learning it?  Also, anyone know of a good editor for it?
> Thanks,
> Greg Wocher
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roopakshi Pathania" <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>
> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Help with Math player
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Just clearing my inbox, so saw this.
> Yes, you can use Microsoft Word and MathType to do your homework because although MathType equations are inaccessible, the process of typing in LaTeX expressions and then converting them into MathType symbols isn't.
> The key question here is: do you know LaTeX symbols for the level of Math you are dealing with?
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPod Touch
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 12/28/10, Greg <gwblindman1 at gwblindman.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Greg <gwblindman1 at gwblindman.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Help with Math player
>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 11:16 PM
>> Hello Neil,
>> It fixed it just fine. Thank you for your help.
>> I had to go to the information bar and allow active x
>> controls to run. I have found that for just about all
>> the examples I dont need to have math player to speak the
>> expression. It reads just fine using my screen
>> reader. Another question for you. Is math type
>> accessible for screen reader users to use. I am trying
>> to find a way for me to do my homework in microsoft word.
>> Thank you,
>> Greg Wocher
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Soiffer" <NeilS at dessci.com>
>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Help with Math player
>> 
>> 
>> > The most common reason we have seen for people not
>> being able to use
>> > MathPlayer is that they don't notice IE's ActiveX
>> warning. It's a small
>> > "information bar" at the top of the content window
>> (below the various
>> > buttons) that appears with a beep. What what
>> I've heard, IE is not very
>> > good with screen readers about making this warning
>> obvious. You need to say
>> > it is ok to run the blocked content.
>> >
>> > Also, if you are using local content (eg, files you
>> downloaded to your
>> > computer), you need to make the change described
>> here:
>> > http://www.dessci.com/en/support/mathplayer/tsn/tsn111.htm
>> >
>> > Again, this is security issue that IE imposes on
>> plug-ins like MathPlayer.
>> >
>> > MathPlayer will run on a 64-bit OS, but only with
>> 32-bit IE. 32 bit IE is
>> > the default because only a few vendors have a 64-bit
>> version of their
>> > plug-in; if Microsoft made the 64-bit the default,
>> very little would work
>> > with IE and users would complain.
>> >
>> > I hope this fixes your problem,
>> >
>> > Neil Soiffer
>> > Senior Scientist
>> > Design Science, Inc.
>> > www.dessci.com
>> > ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy,
>> Equation Editor ~
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Greg <gwblindman1 at gwblindman.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello all,
>> >> I am running JAWS 12 on a Vista 32 bit system with
>> IE7. I downloaded and
>> >> installed Math Player 2.2. I cant get it to
>> work. I have a basic algebra
>> >> math class starting next week and I do my classes
>> online. For the tests
>> >> they have an online lab that uses Math ML. I
>> can not get math player to
>> >> work. I went to the web page from the users
>> manual and tried looking at
>> >> there examples and I can not find any of the math
>> player options. I went to
>> >> manage my add ons and did not see math player
>> listed there. Anyone have
>> >> suggestions on what I can do? Also, I have
>> another laptop running Windows
>> >> seven 64bit with IE8. Will math player work
>> with it?
>> >> Thank you,
>> >> Greg Wocher
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