[BlindMath] Latest version of MathType with the MathCAT NVDA addon

[Traci W]

I sent this to my son with your directions and he was so excited that it
worked!  Thank you!!

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 8:44 PM Neil Soiffer <soiffer at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> A correction to my previous message about the Advanced settings to get
> math to work: the version of MS Word you are using also matters. I'm told
> that from Office 2019 on,  you must set "Use UI Automation to access
> Microsoft Word document controls" to "Never" for MathType math to work.
>
> Traci: MathPlayer, MathCAT, and Access8Math are all called via the same
> code in NVDA. If one works with MathType with some given NVDA
> settings/version of Word, the others will work. If one doesn't work (e.g.,
> announces "graphic"), then the others won't work because they never get
> called.
>
> Neil Soiffer
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 5:17 PM Traci W via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> My son had the same issue. IF you are using NVDA, use the Access8 add on -
>> Mathcat would not work.
>>
>> Traci
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 1:24 PM George Bell via BlindMath <
>> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Is it just possible that your keyboard is not set to the correct
>> > language/country?
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Haylee Mota
>> > via
>> > BlindMath
>> > Sent: 15 August 2023 16:33
>> > To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> > Cc: Haylee Mota <haylee9803 at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: [BlindMath] Latest version of MathType with the MathCAT NVDA
>> addon
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am a student who uses MathType to do  assignments for my classes. I
>> > recently had to install MathType on a new computer, and sense then, I
>> > cannot
>> > get accessible math. When I use the alt backslash command to toggle
>> between
>> > TeX and MathType equations, MathType produces a Math 7.0 graphic. No
>> MathML
>> > is produced, so I cannot read the equation with NVDA and the MathCAT
>> > addon.
>> >
>> > Has anyone had this problem with the latest version of MathType, or does
>> > anyone know what could potentially be happening and how to fix the
>> issue?
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Haylee
>> >
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