Design Science (company)
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Design Science, Inc. is a US-based Software Company that develops, markets and supports software for scientific and technical communication.
, MathFlow, MathPlayer
, MathDaisy and the Equation Editor
included in Microsoft Office. These products are used by scientists, engineers, educators and publishing professionals, for authoring and publishing mathematical notation in print and online documents.
Profile
Design Science is the developer of MathTypeMathType
MathType is a software application created by Design Science that allows the creation of mathematical notation for inclusion in desktop and web applications.- Features :...
, MathFlow, MathPlayer
MathPlayer
MathPlayer is a program by Design Science that enables the display of MathML mathematical formulae in Internet Explorer. MathML is a 1998 recommendation of the W3C for displaying formulae on the World Wide Web...
, MathDaisy and the Equation Editor
Equation editor
Equation editor may refer to:* Formula editor - Read this for the comparison chart for major mathematical equation editors* Microsoft Equation Editor* MathType* MathMagic equation editor...
included in Microsoft Office. These products are used by scientists, engineers, educators and publishing professionals, for authoring and publishing mathematical notation in print and online documents.
History
- 1987 - released the mathematical equation editor MathTypeMathTypeMathType is a software application created by Design Science that allows the creation of mathematical notation for inclusion in desktop and web applications.- Features :...
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- 1990 - licensed Equation EditorEquation editorEquation editor may refer to:* Formula editor - Read this for the comparison chart for major mathematical equation editors* Microsoft Equation Editor* MathType* MathMagic equation editor...
to MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
; currently included in all copies of Microsoft Office worldwide - 2000 - acquired the WebEQ software line from The Geometry CenterThe Geometry CenterThe Geometry Center was a mathematics research and education center at the University of Minnesota. It was established by the National Science Foundation in the late 1980s and closed in 1998. The focus of the Center's work was the use of computer graphics and visualization for research and...
for authoring and presenting MathML on the world wide webWorld Wide WebThe World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
. - 2002 - released MathPlayerMathPlayerMathPlayer is a program by Design Science that enables the display of MathML mathematical formulae in Internet Explorer. MathML is a 1998 recommendation of the W3C for displaying formulae on the World Wide Web...
, enabling Internet ExplorerInternet ExplorerWindows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...
to process MathMLMathMLMathematical Markup Language is an application of XML for describing mathematical notations and capturing both its structure and content. It aims at integrating mathematical formulae into World Wide Web pages and other documents...
content, including accessibility related issues. MathPlayer allows MathML content to be spoken aloud by a screen readerScreen readerA screen reader is a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen . This interpretation is then re-presented to the user with text-to-speech, sound icons, or a Braille output device...
or magnified. - 2003 - released MathFlow 1.0 for editing, display, and accessibility of mathematical notation for XMLXMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
publishing professionals. - 2009
- released MathDaisy, an application that works with Microsoft's Save As DAISY add-in, and MathType to save documents in the DAISYDaisy-Names:* Asteraceae or Compositae, known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family* 'Common Daisy'** Bellis perennis or** Leucanthemum vulgare* Daisy , a feminine given name, commonly thought to be derived from the name of the flower-Places:...
Digital Talking Book format with accessible math - MathType Mac integration with Apple Inc. iWork '09
- Released MathType 6.6 for Windows
- released MathDaisy, an application that works with Microsoft's Save As DAISY add-in, and MathType to save documents in the DAISY
Products
- MathTypeMathTypeMathType is a software application created by Design Science that allows the creation of mathematical notation for inclusion in desktop and web applications.- Features :...
- Create mathematical notation for word processing, web pages, desktop publishing, presentations, for TeX, LaTeX, and MathML documents. Also works with hundreds of other applications to work with mathematical notation. - MathFlow - Provides editing, display, and accessibility of mathematical notation for websites, applications, and services.
- MathPlayerMathPlayerMathPlayer is a program by Design Science that enables the display of MathML mathematical formulae in Internet Explorer. MathML is a 1998 recommendation of the W3C for displaying formulae on the World Wide Web...
- A MathML display engine for Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. - MathDaisy - Save documents in the DAISYDaisy-Names:* Asteraceae or Compositae, known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family* 'Common Daisy'** Bellis perennis or** Leucanthemum vulgare* Daisy , a feminine given name, commonly thought to be derived from the name of the flower-Places:...
Digital Talking Book format with accessible math. - WebEQ Developers Suite - A Java toolkit that uses MathMLMathMLMathematical Markup Language is an application of XML for describing mathematical notations and capturing both its structure and content. It aims at integrating mathematical formulae into World Wide Web pages and other documents...
to build dynamic web pages that interact with the reader. WebEQ was originally developed at The Geometry CenterThe Geometry CenterThe Geometry Center was a mathematics research and education center at the University of Minnesota. It was established by the National Science Foundation in the late 1980s and closed in 1998. The focus of the Center's work was the use of computer graphics and visualization for research and...
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