[Athen] MathType/MathML questions

[Wink Harner]

John,

This is terrific! Very good solution. May others try this out too?

Wink
Wink Harner
Adaptive technology specialist
Southern Oregon University
On Jul 22, 2014 5:41 PM, "John Gardner" <gardnerj at onid.orst.edu> wrote:


> Susan, there is a simpler and, in many respects, better solution that

> might interest you.  Download

>

>

> http://www.viewplus.com/downloads/lean/Accessible_Word_MathType_Examples.zip

>

> and have a look at the three Word files in it.  They are identical except

> for the MathType alt text.  One has alt text as words (eg a x squared plus

> b x plus c equals 0), the other two have Nemeth in the alt text, one using

> ASCII font, and the other using Unicode font.  The alt text is accessible

> with all screen readers. If your student reads with a braille display, this

> is a much better solution than MathPage, because it is braille. And of

> course, it is also the original Word document, so your footers and headers

> are thre.

>

>

>

> These were created using my new LEAN Math application.  You can have the

> application, now in late beta, if you wish.

>

>

>

> John

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Susan Kelmer

> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 22, 2014 8:38 AM

> *To:* dsshe-l at listserv.buffalo.edu; Access Technology Higher Education

> Network (athen-list at u.washington.edu)

> *Subject:* [Athen] MathType/MathML questions

>

>

>

> We are getting a lot of requests for math of late, and this has not been

> our strong point in production.  So, we’re still in a bit of a learning

> mode.  We’ve discovered a few things, and need some help.

>

>

>

> When converting to MathPage after editing our Word document using

> MathType, we are finding two problems:

>

> a.       We put page number in the header section of word documents as a

> matter of routine.  The page numbers disappear in the finalized document,

> and we’re not sure why.

>

> b.      If we have footnotes (we use the footnote function in Word to

> create them), the output to MathPage fails.

>

>

>

> None of us working on conversions (me or my student staff) are “math

> people,” so we are doing some struggling but making our way through.  If

> someone could help us with these two issues, we’d be grateful!

>

>

>

> *Susan Kelmer*

>

> *Alternate Format Coordinator*

>

> *Disability Services*

>

> *University of Colorado*

>

> *303-735-4836 <303-735-4836>*

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