Merge 491ca36 into 2c4caa6

michaelDCurran · web-flow · commit 39daeafc7aed · 2020-02-20T08:49:09.000+10:00
diff --git a/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py b/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ def getMathMl(self, field):
 		try:
 			return mathType.getMathMl(obj)
 		except:
+			log.debugWarning("Error fetching math with mathType",exc_info=True)
 			raise LookupError("Couldn't get MathML from MathType")
 
 class BrowseModeWordDocumentTextInfo(browseMode.BrowseModeDocumentTextInfo,treeInterceptorHandler.RootProxyTextInfo):
diff --git a/source/mathType.py b/source/mathType.py
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ def getMathMl(oleFormat, runForConversion=True):
 	finally:
 		# 1 is OLECLOSE_NOSAVE
 		lib.MTCloseOleObject(1, mt)
-	return mathPres.stripExtraneousXml(mathMl.value)
+	return mathPres.stripExtraneousXml(
+		mathMl.value.decode('utf8')
+	)
+
