[BlindMath] Weird Math Behavior in MS Word

[Bhavya shah]

Dear Dana,

I'd encourage you to consider reporting issues with MathCAT via
GitHub. The developer, Neil, is quite responsive to feedback. Visit
https://github.com/NSoiffer/MathCATForPython/issues.

Thanks.

On 11/20/23, Dana Ibrahim via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
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> I encountered an interesting error with math and MS Word.
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> On a computer using NVDA with Mathcat and Office 2010, any math entered
> through the equation editor is not read properly, which is very strange.
> Additionally, any Math ML copied from an HTML document and pasted into MS
> Word does not read properly; but the Math ML in the HTML reads fine.
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> Surprisingly, JAWS 2022 does not read the math in the MS Word document
> either.
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> On another computer with office 2019, NVDA and Mathcat, the issue does not
> exist. A third computer, also with Office 2019, NVDA and Mathcat, the issue
> of Mathcat not reading the math persists.
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> I tried to rule out the issue as an Office version problem, but why weren't
> the 2 computers with Office 2019 consistant?
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> I apologize for the confusion and long email. I know that word is not the
> most common way to read mathematical documents but this is just common
> where
> I'm from.
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> Thank you in advance.
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> Best regards,
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> dana
>
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Kind Regards,
Bhavya Shah
B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science | Stanford '24
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavyashah125/