[Blindmath] making pdf textbook accessible

[Neil Soiffer]

No one authors in PDF, so you are not stuck with trying to make the PDF
accessible.  In this case, the document looks very much like it originated
in TeX/LaTeX.  Try to get that source from the professor.  As John Gardner
mentioned, you could try reading the LaTeX directly.  Another option is to
convert the TeX into XHTML+MathML and read it using IE+MathPlayer.  There
are several converters, each with its strengths and weaknesses.  The two
I'd recommend trying first are:
LaTeXML:  http://dlmf.nist.gov/LaTeXML/
TeX4ht:  http://tug.org/applications/tex4ht/mn.html

Here's a page that mentions others:  http://jblevins.org/log/xml-tools

If it doesn't come from LaTeX, there are likely other options available.

Good luck,

Neil Soiffer
Senior Scientist
Design Science, Inc.
www.dessci.com
~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor ~



On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:35 PM, John Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:

> All,
>
> I got the professor to send me a sample chapter of his calculus textbook.
> I cannot make heads or tailes of it. Would you all mind taking a look at it
> for me as well?  Maybe I don't have the right tools installed or something.
> Anyway, here is the link:
>
> http://www.math.wisc.edu/~**jheim/downloads/free221.pdf<http://www.math.wisc.edu/%7Ejheim/downloads/free221.pdf>
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