[Blindmath] Writing Math

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
LEAN does require MathType to work. You will need an installation of 
MathType already on your system to use LEAN math.

Are you involved in education as you might then be eligible for the 
academic license of MathType which is fairly cheap.

Michael Whapples
On 14/10/2013 02:41, I. C. Bray wrote:
> John,
>
> does becoming a beta tester require us to have MathType already?
> What should we have before we inquire?  Got any hints / suggestions?
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Gardner" <gardnerj at onid.orst.edu>
> To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'"
> <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 11:36 PM
> Subject: [Blindmath] Writing Math
>
>
> : This list has been amazingly fertile lately with information about new and
> : ever better technologies for reading math.  Michael, do I understand that
> : one can input Nemeth into Safari as well as output it?  That would be
> pretty
> : amazing.
> :
> :
> :
> : This is a good time to bring you all up to date on LEAN Math.  I just
> posted
> : a new beta version and hope to have a final release before end of 2013.
> : LEAN is a general interface to math for use with audio or braille screen
> : readers.  It was developed to provide a convenient way to write and
> : manipulate math, not just read it.  In principle LEAN is useful for any
> : authoring system that can input and output MathML. Version 1 is an
> interface
> : to MS Word+MathType.  I went that route because it is the most popular
> : scientific authoring application in the world.
> :
> :
> :
> : LEAN should be very intuitive.  Function keys act as pull-down menus for
> : math symbols and expressions.  There are also hot keys for most popular
> : items such as inserting a fraction or a square root, or a table, an
> : integral, a differential, etc.  These are inserted from the Function Key
> : menus or hot keys, and place markers indicate where you are to insert - ie
> : the numerator and denominator of that fraction, etc.  LEAN was developed
> to
> : be extremely convenient for people using speech, but it works in braille
> : too.
> :
> :
> :
> : If you'd like to join the beta test, send me a note.
> :
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