[Blindmath] Hello

[Paul Wright]

Hi Everyone,

After reading Michael's e-mail, I thought that now would be a good time
to introduce myself to the list as well.  I am a postdoc in a
mathematics department with a progressively worsening eye disorder. 
Although I am still "sighted," I use JAWS (or undergraduate assistants)
for almost all of my computer work.  Looking forward to the future, I am
especially interested in finding a LaTeX editor that works well with
JAWS (or any other screen reading software).  

Also, if anyone has a suggestion about how to make LaTeX-produced
equations in PDF documents readable by JAWS, I would really appreciate
it. 

Thank you,

Paul Wright

On Thu, 05 May 2011 11:33 +0800, "Michael Chen" <m11chen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just wanted to introduce myself to this list and ask for some
> suggestions.
> 
> I am a university student who recently lost my sight in an accident. 
> Previously, as a sighted student, I studyed Physics and Aerospace 
> Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.  I have been 
> completely blind since three years ago, whence I started to learn to use
> the 
> computer again with the help of a screen reader.  I have used JAWS, but 
> currently my primary screen reader is the open-source NVDA.  I don't know 
> how to breil, but I would like to learn maybe in the near future.
> 
> I am planning on returning to the university in Fall of this year to
> finish 
> my degrees, but as I am now blind, I need some help in finding the right 
> assistive software for my technical fields of study.  I have done some 
> research on LaTeX, and this seems to be what most are suggesting for 
> replacing traditional pencil and paper for the presentation and
> manipulation 
> of mathematical formulae which can easily be compiled into the more
> readable 
> and visually acceptable formats to exchange printed contents with sighted 
> students and professors.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a good and user friendly LaTeX editor which works well 
> with NVDA and can also convert and print out easily readable math
> content? 
> Also, what would be a good place to start, either website or book or some 
> other documentation, that I can get my feet wet learning the basics of 
> LaTeX?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Sincerely,
> mike 
> 
> 
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  Paul Wright
  Department of Mathematics
  University of Maryland
  http://www.math.umd.edu/~paulrite