[Blindmath] accessible math packages

[Alysha]

Hi Joe,
I work with MATLAB a lot with JAWS and have found it to be very easy to use. 
I did not find the installer to be accessible, but after you get it 
installed, you can tweak a few settings that allow it to work with screen 
readers. After that, you can do pretty much everything by typing text and 
reviewing results in the command window or creating m-files in the MATLAB 
editor. There's a set of instructions on setting MATLAB up to work with 
screen readers at 
http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/matlab_env/bqwp009-1.html. It may or 
may not work with Window Eyes, but it's worth a try.

Alysha
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:06 PM
Subject: [Blindmath] accessible math packages


> Good afternoon/evening folks,
> I'm wondering which math solutions (matlab and such) are accessible
> under windows with window-eyes and/or under Linux using speakup screen
> reader. At this exact moment, I need to be able to do operations you'd
> typically do in Linear algebra, reduce matrices, invert matrices,
> perform vector operations, etc. I will almost certainly need to use it
> later on in my math studies for more involved things as well. Can anyone
> make suggestions? I tried Matlab because that's what my instructor wants
> the class to use for large matrices, but discovered the installer didn't
> even work. (java it looks like) Is that how the entire package is? I'm
> also interested in using R for some other math stuff I'm working on if
> that is accessible, and would like input on these packages and other
> suggestions if you have them. Thanks in advance.
> Joe
>
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