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Producing Math Text Books from Word with MathType to .brf (self.Blind)
submitted by IllustriousBeginning
Hello,
I am a sighted person who works with blind and visually impaired people to help produce accessible books. I am interested in learning more about producing accessible math content that can be easily converted to .brf. Does anybody have experience converting math to braille? We have tried Duxbury, but the trial version does not allow us to save our content and it is too expensive to purchase. Is there any other cheap or free software that produces reliable math .brf files when converted from another file type? I'd appreciate any and all responses very much!
I am a sighted person who works with blind and visually impaired people to help produce accessible books. I am interested in learning more about producing accessible math content that can be easily converted to .brf. Does anybody have experience converting math to braille? We have tried Duxbury, but the trial version does not allow us to save our content and it is too expensive to purchase. Is there any other cheap or free software that produces reliable math .brf files when converted from another file type? I'd appreciate any and all responses very much!
jogajaja 1 points 5y ago
Hmm... maybe Scientific Notebook from MacKichan?
And if this is something you’re going to be doing regularly, buying one Duxbury license will honestly save you tons of time and energy. I know it is expensive, but it is worth it.
And if this is something you’re going to be doing regularly, buying one Duxbury license will honestly save you tons of time and energy. I know it is expensive, but it is worth it.
IllustriousBeginning [OP] 1 points 5y ago
So it turns out BrailleBlaster cannot convert the MathType add-in in Word directly to Braille...when I convert it to .txt the equations are lost. I need to find a way to convert .docx with MathML (converted from Math Type in a word document) to .xml to .brf... Any suggestions?
Warthil 1 points 5y ago
Sounds like a job for braille blaster http://brailleblaster.org
IllustriousBeginning [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Thanks! I'll check it out!
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