[Blindmath] converting a textbook in LaTeX to MathML

[derek riemer]

Hi,

This may be more dificult than it sounds. Pandoc can convert to mathml, 
but in a whole textbook, there's probably macros. These often don't get 
converted.


On 6/14/2016 11:40 AM, Tara Robertson via Blindmath wrote:
> Hi,
>
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> We need to produce an accessible version of an math textbook. Thankfully
> it's Creative Commons licensed and I hope that the authors will respond to
> my email and voicemail begging for their LaTeX files. To date we've only
> produced math textbooks from the hardcopy and our workflow looks like this:
> bit.ly/mathML We have both Infty Reader and MathType.
>
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> By doing a quick search of the list archives and the internet I've found a
> few ways to convert small snippets, but I'm looking for a way to convert a
> whole textbook.
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> Does anyone have software or workflow recommendations?
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> Cheers,
>
> Tara
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> Tara Robertson
>
> Accessibility Librarian
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> 604.323.5254
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