[duxuser] Re: Can Duxbury work with Math Type?
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:31:14 +0100
Hi Eddie,
I more than suspect that the best, and possibly only
solution, is to convert to Latex, and import to Scientific
Notebook (S/N). Having checked the files in S/N, and saved
them, they can then be imported into DBT.
George Bell.
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> Hello,
> I have a mathematical question regarding DBT from a
student
> who's using a pdf file provided by my company.
>
> > I have been using Scientific Notebook in conjunction
with
> Duxbury to
> > translate the LaTeX files that Scientific Notebook
produces into
> > nemith braille. However, I am taking calculus this
semester at my
> > local community college and the math department there
uses
> a program
> > called Math Type, a program which inserts graphical
equations into
> > Microsoft Word documents, to produce work sheets and
other material.
>
> > My professor has been emailing me all of the work sheets
> that we will
> > be using this semester which are in Microsoft Word
format so that I
> > could get a head start brailing everything. I noticed
that
> Math Type
> > has a great option to convert all of the equations in a
> word document
> > into TX equations such as LaTeX. Since LaTeX is the
same
> file format
> > that Scientific Notebook uses, I figured Duxbury would
> translate these
> > files with no problem, but when I convert the equations
to text and
> > then try to open it in Duxbury, it either won't open it
at
> all or else
> > it displays all of these weird symbols. For example, in
TX
> language,
> > I believe frac is the code for fraction, but instead of
simply
> > translating it into a fraction sign in braille, I
actually see the
> > word frac written out with a bunch of weird symbols
written next to
> > it. This leads me to my questions.
> > 1. Can Duxbury be used with other math software besides
scientific
> > Notebook?
> > 2. Have you ever heard of Math Type and if so, is there
a
> way I can
> > get it to work with Duxbury? If I can get Duxbury to
work
> with Math
> > Type, it would save me lots of time, because as it
stands
> now I have
> > to retype everything my professor sends me in either
Scientific
> > Notebook or braille it directly into Duxbury, both of
which
> are very
> > time consuming. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
so much in
> > advance!
>
> Thanks for any questions or suggestions you may have.
>
> Edie Williams
> Thomson Learning
>
>
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