[Blindmath] Reading in Winedt

[Roopakshi Pathania]

Hi Bert,

If you find a mainstream text editor that works for you, do let me know. Otherwise, Notepad has this insidious hold over me that I can't seem to get rid off.
Meenwhile I also use EdSharp available from Empowerment Zone.

www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe

Here is what Jamal has to say about EdSharp's ability to handle LaTeX.

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EdSharp includes support for the LaTeX language (pronounced La Tech). This is a common language used for typesetting, especially for scientific publications. About 30 sample LaTeX snippets, ending in a .tex extension, are distributed with EdSharp. You can convert from LaTeX to RTF and vice versa. To fully work with LaTeX, install the open source package for Windows from
http://www.miktex.org 

With that installation, EdSharp's LaTeX compiler option lets you check and correct syntax. You can then export to PDF or XML -- in this case, XHTML containing embedded MathML (math markup language for the web). If the resulting .xml file is opened in Internet Explorer with a screen reader, sophisticated mathematical statements will be intelligible when the free MathPlayer add-in has been installed from
http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/download.htm 

The EdSharp distribution incorporates Python and JAWS script code from the "latex-access" project at
http://latex-access.SourceForge.net 

The F12 key is used for reading LaTeX (a reminder is that "L" is the 12th letter of the alphabet), and Alt+Control+Arrow keys are used for navigating a matrix. Specifically, the key assignments are as follows: 

F12 = Turn on a mode where mathematical expressions in LaTeX are read in a more English-friendly manner. 

Shift+F12 = Turn off this mode, so LaTeX is read literally by JAWS. 

Alt+F12 = Add a LeTeX expression and its English translation to the dictionary. 

Alt+Shift+F12 = Load another speech dictionary. 

Control+F12 = Store a matrix specified as an expression in selected text. 

Alt+Control+ArrowKeys = Navigate rows and columns of the matrix. Alt+Control+Home goes to the top left, and Alt+Control+End goes to the bottom right. 

Alt+Control+NumPad5 = Read the value in the current cell. Alt+Control+PageUp reads the current row, and Alt+Control+PageDown reads the current column. When pressed twice quickly, these commands say the row and column position and then spell the value. 

Note that when a new version of the Python COM server becomes available on the latex-access site, you can install it (according to instructions there) and the JAWS scripts for EdSharp will use the updated capability.

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--- On Mon, 8/31/09, Van Landeghem, Bert <Bert.VanLandeghem at econ.kuleuven.be> wrote:

> From: Van Landeghem, Bert <Bert.VanLandeghem at econ.kuleuven.be>
> Subject: [Blindmath] Reading in Winedt
> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 5:23 AM
> Dear all,
> 
> As many of you may know, Winedt is an editor which is
> designed for working with LaTeX. However, as a Jaws user
> with Braille display, I find it very difficult to read and
> edit text in Winedt. I therefore make my documents in
> notepad and use Winedt only as a tool to quickly compile and
> convert my files. When reading in Winedt, often parts of the
> text are not displayed. Refreshing the screen with
> insert+escape sometimes helps but only for a very short
> while. Refreshing the screen all the time is not very
> convenient.
> 
> Has anybody encountered inconveniences when working with
> Winedt in combination with Jaws, and are there tricks to
> overcome the problems? All other information to take
> advantage of Winedt's facilities as a screen reader user are
> welcome.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bert
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