[Blindmath] mathtype

Tue Oct 1 23:47:29 UTC 2013

No. JAWS and NVDA both treat Math Type built-in equations as embedded 
objects and cannot recognise the actual numbers for the equation. There may 
be a way of translating MathType formatted equations into plain text, 
though, if you use the actual MathType software.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lewicki, Maureen" <mlewicki at bcsd.neric.org>
To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 10:23 AM
Subject: [Blindmath] mathtype


> If I give my student a word doc with math type coded problems, will the 
> student be able to read it? We are doing everything in hard copy at the 
> moment.
>
> Maureen Murphy Lewicki
> Maureen Murphy Lewicki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike 
> Jolls
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:14 PM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] superscript on an APEX question
>
> I find it interesting that (apparently .. if I'm reading the replies 
> correctly) that two different people use different methods to represent 
> the same information.  Not that someone couldn't do that, but it would 
> seem logical to have one accepted and approved set of Braille characters 
> to represent a certain piece of information.  Then, if everyone saved to 
> that syntax, you could have a universal standard program that could then 
> translate and print it out for the benefit of a sighted teacher who didn't 
> understand the Braille code.
>
>
>
> I'm all about standards ... it just makes life easier when you want to 
> leverage information.
>
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>> CC: blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> From: sabra1023 at gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:54:17 -0500
>> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] superscript on an APEX question
>>
>> I don't use superscripts at all. They are confusing for me to read, and I 
>> show my work and math for my benefit as well as the teachers. I use 
>> parentheses if there are problems with clarification.
>>
>> > On Sep 26, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Wilson_KC <Wilson_KC at asdk12.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks for that info, Daniel. We'll give it a try. kc
>> >
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: Blindmath [blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Daniel 
>> > [danielgillen at rcn.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:07 PM
>> > To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>> > Subject: Re: [Blindmath] superscript on an APEX question
>> >
>> > Dear list,
>> >
>> > I am Daniel Gillen, a college student majoring in physics who
>> > is a power user of the Apex. For the longest time, I've known
>> > that one needs to be in 8-dot Computer Braille to take advantage
>> > of the various plain-text and extended Unicode characters.
>> > Hence, the caret (or beginning of superscript material) is most
>> > efficiently written in 8-dot Computer Braille using dot 7
>> > (backspace) together with dots 4-5. The way in 6-dot mode is to
>> > first press space with U (U for uppercase), and then dots 4-5.
>> > The option to switch to 8-dot mode is in Braille Options under
>> > the Options Menu.
>> > (Just as a side note: I find it convenient to use the tilde
>> > character for the beginning of a square-root expression. With
>> > that, I would end all superscript material or material under the
>> > radical sign that has additional text on the base line with a
>> > double-quote mark.)
>> > I hope this was helpful. As I've been a member of the
>> > BlindMath listserv for quite some time, I could help anyone with
>> > such questions as this.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Daniel
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Wilson_KC <Wilson_KC at asdk12.org
>> > To: "blindmath at nfbnet.org" <blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> > Date sent: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:57:17 +0000
>> > Subject: [Blindmath] superscript on an APEX question
>> >
>> > My student is in a Text Document on her APEX doing math problems
>> > in Nemeth. When she puts in dots 4,5 to produce an up arrow for
>> > a superscript, she gets a tilde instead. Do you know what she's
>> > doing wrong?
>> >
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