[BlindMath] Issue Accessing Formulae in Word File

[Neil Soiffer]

Minor correction: The link I had to MathType's format was to an older
version. The current version is here
<https://docs.wiris.com/en/mathtype/office_tools/mathtype-sdk/mtef5>

Neil Soiffer.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 3:20 PM Neil Soiffer <soiffer at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> If the equations are created with MathType, then they are stored in the
> docx file as an object that has its own format. MathType is the program
> that reads that format, although the format is documented
> <https://docs.wiris.com/en/mathtype/office_tools/mathtype-sdk/mtef4> and
> one could potentially write something that reads that and converts it to
> MathML. That then could be added to pandoc or NVDA or whatever and thereby
> eliminate the need for MathType. AFAIK, no one besides Design Science (now
> WIRIS) ever implemented a reader for that format. Obviously, it is a
> non-trivial amount of work.
>
> Neil Soiffer
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 12:29 PM Bert Van Landeghem via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Robert,
>>
>> Many thanks for your feedback. I will consider Mathtype, but are you sure
>> this is the problem I am experiencing? With pandoc one should be able to
>> convert docx files to LaTeX.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bert
>>
>> On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 17:17, rjaquiss via BlindMath <
>> blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Bert:
>> >
>> > You will need MathType software to work with Word documents. MathType
>> > allows
>> > a user to convert equasions in Word to Latex. MathType is a plugin for
>> > Word.
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Robert
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: BlindMath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bert
>> > Van
>> > Landeghem via BlindMath
>> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 7:43 AM
>> > To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>> > Cc: Bert Van Landeghem
>> > Subject: [BlindMath] Issue Accessing Formulae in Word File
>> >
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > I received a .docx file and have converted it to LaTeX with Pandoc.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately it seems that the formulae are not converted the way I was
>> > hoping they would be. Scientific notation seems to be translated with
>> > images.
>> > "\includegraphics{media/image16.emf}." is example code. No image files
>> seem
>> > however to have been generated. Does anybody know what the problem might
>> > be, and whether or not there is a possibility to make these equations
>> and
>> > symbols accessible?
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Bert
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