[Blindmath] MathType input for MathPlayer output

[Neil Soiffer]

While Bob is correct in his answer, there is some hope. MathPlayer 4 tries
to recognize the bad output from MathType (and probably other editors) and
fix it up for speech. It can't always do this, but if you have "1,234" by
itself, or more generally in positions where the "," is probably not a
separator (e.g., "1,234+x"), then it will speak properly. If there are
parens around it as in "(1,234)", then it will interpret this as a list
with contents "1" and "234".

This attempt at fixing things up is new in MathPlayer 4, so make sure you
have the latest version.

    Neil


On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Bob Mathews via Blindmath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greg, unfortunately the answer is no. We plan better encoding of numbers
> (and MathML and LaTeX in general) with MathType 7, but for now the only
> option is to correct this after the fact, either manually, or by processing
> the HTML+MathML document with a script. (About MathType 7, we have nothing
> to announce yet with regard to release date.)
>
> Bob Mathews
> Director of Training
> Twitter: @afwings, @MathType
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> ~Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Williams via Blindmath [mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org]
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 09:33
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Greg Williams <greg.williams.1978 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Blindmath] MathType input for MathPlayer output
>
> Hi,
> For MathPlayer output of numbers, it matters whether the "," in large
> numbers in MathML is written as <mo>,</mo> or is in the mn tag. The default
> for MathType seems to be to put it in the mo tag. Is there a way to get
> MathType to treat it as part of the number in the mn tag? The end result is
> being exported as a math webpage. Thanks.
> Greg
>
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