[Blindmath] tranlsation programs, for transcribers

[Lewicki, Maureen]

Is there a program which is preferred for a person who is transcribing math for a blind student? We have used math type, and Scientific notebook but wondered what people preferred.
Is there a preferred program for transcribers producing braille? We use math type and Scientific notebook

Maureen Murphy Lewicki
Teacher of Visually Impaired
Bethlehem Central Schools
(518)439-7681
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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Neil Soiffer [NeilS at dessci.com]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 5:43 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] MathType, word and reading existing documents

The TeX translators in MathType don't translate attributes such as bold,
italic, or color. That's true for both importing TeX into MathType and
exporting TeX from MathType, as well as for Toggle TeX.  If you'd like to
see this added to MathType's abilities, please fill out a Future MathType
survey at http://www.dessci.com/en/products/MathType/future.asp.

If others in on the list have other feature requests, please use that
survey.  The survey results are looked by the team that works on MathType
(which I'm not a member of). I know from discussions that I've seen,
people's requests are looked at quite seriously.

     Neil





On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:14 PM, mike chen <m11chen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have been trying to insert a bold and italicized letter in the displayed
> equation using LaTeX with the MathType plug-in and Word 2003.  I looked up
> online, and most suggest using the nested command \mathbf\mathit{mySymbol}},
> but I have only been able to insert the symbol either bold or italicized,
> but not both.  Is there some way of achieving this in Word 2003 with
> MathType?
>
> Thanks.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Neil Soiffer
>  To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 10:33 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Blindmath] MathType, word and reading existing documents
>
>
>  The keyboard command for "Tex Toggle" alt-\
>
>  This will switch regular MathType 2d notation to TeX and switch TeX to
>  regular 2D notation (ie, the answer is "yes").  If someone types math in
>  using the Word math editor (which is not accessible), you can use "Convert
>  Equations" in the MathType ribbon to convert them to MathType and then use
>  TeX toggle.
>
>  Neil Soiffer
>  Senior Scientist
>  Design Science, Inc.
>  www.dessci.com
>  ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor ~
>
>
>  On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com>
> wrote:
>
>  > Hello,
>  > Firstly I keep forgetting what is the keystroke for changing mathtype in
>  > word to LaTeX input mode?
>  >
>  > Also does this work for documents people have created with MathType
>  > equations and then sent me (IE. can I read the equations of an existing
>  > document by switching MathType to have LaTeX input mode)?
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  >
>  > Michael Whapples
>  >
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