[Blindmath] Reading in Winedt

[Alastair Irving]

Hi

Another possibility is emacs.  I'd definitely recommend it under linux 
with emacspeak, and although the windows version doesn't work 
brilliantly with jaws its still fairly accessible, and the support for 
LaTeX provided by auctex is very good.

Alastair Irving


Roopakshi Pathania wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Start ---
> 
> 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.
> 
> End ---
> 
> 
> “If you want something desperately, the whole of the universe will conspire to give it to you.”
> ~ Paulo Coelho
> 
> 
> --- 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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