[BlindMath] Nemeth Code

[Susan Jolly]

I don't know what happened to Nemetex but perhaps it was similar to my experience. More than eight years ago I announced the beta test for BackNem and got no real interest even though this was a free and open source program. BackNem back translated Nemeth math and text to MathML and HTML and handled all of Nemeth linear math and most of the planar math. Then, since there was no user base, I couldn't attact outside help for user support, distribution, etc. My impression is that even on this list there are very few Nemeth users.

And before anyone asks, it is extremely unlikely that  someone else has the background to take over BackNem development at this time. It requires transcriber-level knowledge of all of Nemeth, professional-level experience in Java, expertise in ANTLR including converting ANTLR 3 grammars to ANTLR 4, and a good understanding of MathML not to mention being able to work full-time either as a volunteer or by finding your own support.

Susan J