[Nfb-science] MathDaisy 1.0 Released

[David Andrews]

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Dave

At 10:29 AM 4/17/2009, you wrote:
>I also think this is of great interest. I have a few extra questions 
>(may be not so much related to mathdaisy itself):
>Are there any daisy readers which can cope with the maths? Even if 
>none exist now at least there is a product which can produce the 
>maths in daisy and so helps us bring pressure on the daisy reader 
>producers to add math support.
>How might I as a blind user produce notes which I can then convert 
>to daisy using mathdaisy?
>
>I'm sure there might be more but can't think of them now.
>
>Michael Whapples
>On 17/04/09 15:16, John Miller wrote:
>>Hello Neil,
>>Material of any business matter is more than appropriate if it offsers a
>>solution to the blind in science and engineering as does your solution.
>>Would you summarize the details for us?
>>So if someone made math using ms word 2003 without using mathtype, does
>>your solution succeed in making accessable output?
>>Does it work with office 2007 with no mathtype add-on?
>>Does it work for a particular mathtype add-on used during the creation
>>of the text in combination with either ms ofice 2003 or 2007?
>>What is the price?
>>We are very interested to hear about your progress at Design Science.
>>Very best,
>>John
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>[mailto:nfb-science-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Neil Soiffer
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:24 PM
>>To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>>Subject: [Nfb-science] MathDaisy 1.0 Released
>>Importance: Low
>>
>>Apologies for the commercial nature of this post, but it is something of
>>interest to many people on the list...
>>
>>We at Design Science are happy to announce the release of our newest
>>product, MathDaisy. Many educational institutions now require teachers,
>>instructors, and professors to make classroom materials accessible to
>>students with disabilities. MathDaisy makes it possible to save
>>Microsoft Word documents containing equations as a DAISY book that can
>>be read by students on a personal computer or a dedicated eBook reader.
>>
>>The press release has been published on our website at
>>http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/090413.htm
>>
>>Our hope is that MathDaisy together with Word's Save as DAISY makes it
>>easy enough to publish DAISY "books" with math in them that anyone can,
>>and more importantly, will create accessible material to give to their
>>students, colleagues, etc.
>>
>>Neil Soiffer
>>Senior Scientist
>>Design Science, Inc.
>>www.dessci.com
>>~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, WebEQ, Equation
>>Editor ~
>>
>>
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