[Blindmath] Maple and Mathematica

[Alastair Irving]

Hi

Sorry, I forgot to say that you need someone sighted to change the
settings, as even in the classic worksheet the settings use the java
interface.

Alastair

Theodor Loots wrote:
> Hi A,
> 
> Did you change the settings yourself, or with sighted assistance?  The
> settings window isn't accessible at all, not even with the JAWS cursur.
> 
> t
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Alastair Irving
> Sent: 10 January 2009 12:24 PM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Maple and Mathematica
> 
> Hi
> 
> I use Maple 11 quite successfully.  I use the classic worksheet, and in
> the settings I changed the default output notation to maple notation,
> (so that all output is linear).  Then it works quite nicely with
> jaws.I've seen the webpages you mention about getting the full interface
> to work with the java access bridge but have never managed it myself.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Alastair
> 
> Theodor Loots wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>>  
>>
>> Our university has licences for Maple 12 and Mathematica 7 and so I have
>> access to both, however neither of them is really accessible with JAWS
> (v9).
>>  
>>
>> Mathematica 7 has a whole lot of new features that involve text to speech
>> and sound stuff, that could have promising possibilities.  I recall that
>> some time ago mension was made on this list of projects that will focus on
>> the accessibility of Mathematica.  The web also mension a cupple of cases
>> where blind scientists make use of Mathematica, so I assume it can be
> done.
>>  
>>
>> This, I believe, is even truer for Maple.  There is even a support site
> that
>> mensions how to configure the JAVA access-bridge to allow JAWS access to
>> Maple 9, however, I did everything that site suggested without luck.  I
>> guess the way to go is to use the Classic Worksheet mode, but haven't had
>> any luck with that either.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Are there anyone on this list that make use of either one of these
> products
>> or that could perhaps point me in the right direction?  Or alternatively
>> suggest another package that can handle symbolic math, and also being
>> accessible.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> t
>>
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