Resources for Accessing Math

STATUS: Version 1.1 (updated 12 March 2008)

This resource document is a handout given at the presentation :

"Life Cycle of a DAISY Book with Math: From Authoring to Players"

Presenters:: John A. Gardner, Dennis Leas, Neil Soiffer, Masakazu Suzuki and Piotr Brzoza
2008 CSUN International Conference on Technology and Disabilities, Los Angeles, CA, 13 March, 2008
It will be maintained by the MathML in DAISY Working Group.

Reading MathML with Speech:

MathPlayer plugin for Internet Explorer (available now): www.dessci.com/mathplayer/
gh MathSpeech (available soon): www.gh-mathspeak.com/
Dolphin EasyReader with math (available soon): www.yourdolphin.com/
DAISYReader with math (available soon): www.iddw.org/

Reading Math in Tactile Hard Copy:

DotsPlus from MS Word and MathType using TSS (available now): www.ViewPlus.com/products/
Nemeth braille from MS Word and MathType using TSS (available May, 2008): www.ViewPlus.com/products/
Scientific Word and Latex to math braille Duxbury DBT (available now): www.DuxburySystems.com/
Index WinBraille with Math (available soon): www.indexbraille.com/
XML to math braille (available soon): www.jjb-software.com/

Translations of MathML to/from International Braille Codes:

LAMBDA project (in development): www.lambdaproject.org/

Accessible Applications for Authoring and Manipulating Math:

WinTriangle (in development): wintriangle.sourceforge.net/downloads.htm
ChattyInfty MathML editor (available soon): www.inftyproject.org/
Henter Math arithmetic and algebra (now): www.hentermath.com/
MathType mainstream math editor version 6 for MS Word and other Windows applications is quasi-accessible by input/output of Latex: www.dessci.com/

TeX Conversion

Scientific Word Latex source supported by DBT(available now): www.mackichan.com/
Latex to math braille Duxbury DBT (available now): www.DuxburySystems.com/
Latex to MS Word converter (available now): www.chikrii.com/products/tex2word/about/
MS Word to braille with TSS software (available May): www.viewplus.com/
LaTeX2Tri TeX to Triangle converter (now): www.latex2tri.com/
JAWS scripts for TeX EMACSpeak (now): emacspeak.sourceforge.net/

OCR of Math from Paper Copy

Infty math OCR (available now): www.inftyproject.org/

Other

MathTalk voice input for Scientific Notebook (available now): www.metroplexvoice.com/
Audio Graphing Calculator (available now): www.ViewPlus.com/products/braille-math/AGC/
Design Science low vision/mobility accessibility (in development): www.dessci.com/accessibility/
NIMAS to XHTML+MathML conversion tool: http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/conversion_tool.html

Making Diagrams Accessible:

ViewPlus embossers (available now): www.ViewPlus.com/products/
ViewPlus IVEO software (available now): www.ViewPlus.com/products/
Washington Tactile Graphics Project (available soon): tactilegraphics.cs.washington.edu/