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MathType is the professional version of the equation editor made by Design Science, Inc. bundled with both MS Word and Corel WordPerfect. It is widely used by sighted scientists, engineers, and educators to author documents that include equations.
MathType users can choose one of several styles, and ViewPlus Technologies provides three additional styles intended for printing on Tiger. The files and instructions for installation into MathType are included in the Tiger MathType directory on the Tiger Software Suite installation CD. Alternatively, users can download the MathType Tiger Style Package from our download page (*first signup for free membership to access this and other Tiger help files).
By choosing Tiger®, Tiger® Expert or Tiger® Euro style in MathType, you can easily author equations that will print properly in DotsPlus®, DotsPlus® Expert or Tiger® Euro respectively on the Tiger. It is also easy to convert equations in existing documents to a Tiger® style, by simply selecting the desired style and clicking the equation open and close afterwards.
We recommend the use of MathType for anybody who needs to make equations for Braille readers. With MathType even faculty members, teaching assistants, or student workers who know nothing about Braille can author or convert extremely complex scientific documents that can be embossed on the Tiger. Any Braille reader willing to take the few minutes necessary to learn DotsPlus®, will be able to read those documents.
Currently, MathType is only accessible to sighted users, and there are no commercial math authoring programs that are easily usable by blind people. We anticipate, that in the near future, accessible math authoring programs will become available . The WinTriangle scientific word processor now available in beta form from the Oregon State University Science Access Project can be used by blind people to author math equations in a linear format that is readable by sighted people and can be printed on Tiger®.
Getting MathType™
MathType™ can be purchased online from Design Science
Tiger Environment
Download the Tiger Environment for MathType from ViewPlus.