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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Susan, there is a simpler and, in many respects, better solution that might interest you. Download<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://www.viewplus.com/downloads/lean/Accessible_Word_MathType_Examples.zip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>These were created using my new LEAN Math application. You can have the application, now in late beta, if you wish. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Kelmer<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 22, 2014 8:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> dsshe-l@listserv.buffalo.edu; Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu)<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] MathType/MathML questions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When converting to MathPage after editing our Word document using MathType, we are finding two problems:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>If we have footnotes (we use the footnote function in Word to create them), the output to MathPage fails.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alternate Format Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>University of Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>303-735-4836<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>