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Converting Word equations to ASCII

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From: John Purlia
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:25
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Does anyone know of a utility for translating Microsoft Word Equation
Editor files into some sort of ASCII format which may be interpreted by a
text to speach reader?  Equation Editor stores symbols and such in a format
that can't be identified by our reader.  We would like to be able to have
an equations read (integral, sumation, etc...) from documents produced
using MS Word.

Any push in the right direction would be immensely appreciated, and thanks!
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Subject: Converting Word equations to ASCII
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