[Blindmath] LaTeX

[Tim Arnold]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net> wrote:
> In case this helps anyone interested in learning LaTeX, I have posted a
> collection of text tutorials at
>
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/latexdoc.zip
>
> Jamal
>
>
> On 8/16/2011 1:12 AM, Lucas Radaelli wrote:
>>
>> Hello there, LaTeX is not a computer program, it is a markup language,
>> like html, but in this case, used for writing science materials.
>>
>> you can find here something about LaTeX:
>> http://www.access2science.com/indexMathLanguages.html
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/8/15, Dasha Radford<Dasha95 at nc.rr.com>:
>>>
>>> I am curious about the LaTeX computer program. I am about to enter an
>>> algebra class where it might be useful. Could someone explain it's use
>>> and
>>> where to find it? If anyone has any other inexpensive suggestions for
>>> math
>>> on the computer I would greatly appreciate them.
>>> Thanks,
>>>  Daria
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Not sure this is actually on-topic, but I wanted to let people know
that there is an opensource project called 'plasTeX' that can convert
LaTeX to DocBook XML. I'm developing the DocBook renderer for that
project and plan to update the code this fall, although the system
does work right now. The update will contain code to produce mathml
from the LaTeX source. Currently math is rendered as PNG images with
alt text containing the actual LaTeX math markup.  (which I understand
is useless except for the sighted)

http://plastex.sourceforge.net
The project depends on a Python distribution and is currently targeted
towards developers.

Additionally, there is a project based on plasTeX called BrlTeX which
converts LaTeX to Braille:
http://brltex.sourceforge.net/

I'm not familiar with BrlTeX so I can't comment on it, I just know of
its existence.
thanks,
--Tim Arnold