[Blindmath] Question about doing math in notepad

[John Gardner]

Daria, there is an article on www.access2science about writing math in MS
Word with MathType.  You need to learn a minimum of Latex to read/write
equations in MSWord+MathType, and you seem like a pretty sharp guy.  So I
guess you should be able to learn how to do this in a few hours of work.  At
this point you would have a good tool for reading and writing math - in fact
the most popular single way of writing scientific papers on earth.

I do agree that you need to learn how to write in pure Latex, but you won't
be able to do that in a few hours.  However using various templates that
have appeared already on this list, you should be able to write minimal
Latex documents in a short while too.  But compiling and debugging is a
longer process.  It woulod be great if you can find somebody to provide some
local tutoring, but if necessary you can do it on your own.  It has been
done before.

John Gardner

-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dasha Radford
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 2:56 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Question about doing math in notepad

Hi,
Just a small problem that needs to be taken in to considderation...
Bit of info number one: I go to a private school which does not have a TVI 
of any type.
Bit of info number two: Braille displays aren't cheap. The only thingI have 
is an 18 cell RefreshaBraille18 from Aph.
Last bit of info: I start school tomorrow and I'm using a computer for 
everything else. While I have a braille writer it's hard to find people 
willing to read math problems and such.
I don't mean to be rude but this is what all of the college students in my 
Ncabs group seem to be learning or using competently as the case maybe. If I

let this wait and only learn it a few months before college when nerves are 
strung as tight as whip-cord and Dsb is giving me grief because I need more 
technology than most because I am partially deaf with a fairly good chance 
of being profoundly deaf by 35 well... I don't think not learning would be a

good idea right now.
Thank you and I'm sorry if I come across a bit more strongly than perhaps I 
intend for in truth it is not my intention at all. I just want people to 
understand that I am not working on a mainstream public school system 
neither am I making my stand on a field that is level by comparison with 
what you can think of as just plain vanilla blind although there aren't many

of those around.
Again I'm sorry if I come over a bit harsh but this is something everyone, 
not just blind people but anyone else with a disability needs to understand.

We don't all play the same game, we don't do the same things with our lives,

and we most certainly don't get the option of saying that there is one way 
and only one way to do a thing.
Daria
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jolly" <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 4:44 PM
Subject: [Blindmath] Question about doing math in notepad


> Hi Dasha,
>
> If you are in high school you shouldn't need to know anything except 
> Nemeth. Your TVI should be interlining your work so you can focus on 
> understanding math.
>
> Alternatively, I would suggest that you learn to use Nemetex, which was 
> developed by a blind high school student now attending college.  This 
> program automatically converts Nemeth algebra and other Nemeth math that 
> you enter using a braille display to LaTeX so a sighted person can read 
> it.
>
> http://www.accessisoft.com/
>
> Best wishes,
> Susan Jolly
>
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