[Blindmath] Putting SVGDraw images, vOICe audio, and LaTeX content in Wordpress: Am I asking the impossible?

Sun Mar 11 15:12:22 UTC 2012

Hi again Sarah,

I wrote the message regarding InkScape, etc. before receiving your latest
message regarding JAWS, so they will appear out of order to other readers.

Regarding the use of the svg files that you will produce using SVGDraw, my
recommendations are:

1. Check out the SVG WordPress plugin at
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/svg to see if you can eliminate
the need to convert from svg to bitmap format by using the plugin. (Please
be aware that I have no knowledge of or experience with WordPress.)

2. If that doesn't work, download and install InkScape and see if you can
do the conversions using the Open and Save As items on the InkScape File
menu.

3. If that doesn't work, consider using one of the online converters if you
can find one that is accessible. I put this at the end of the list because
I am shy about using such websites. One never knows what may come riding in
on a file that you download from some other website. The site that I
mentioned gets a green light from the WebOfTrust but I have never decided
that I completely trust the WebOfTrust.

Please let me know if I can provide additional information.

Wishing you success in your endeavor.
Dick Baldwin

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Richard Baldwin <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com>wrote:

> In the meantime, I found the following information about a WordPress
> plugin at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/svg
> ====================================
> Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/scalable-vector-graphics-svg/>SVG files are two-dimensional vector graphics, that can be both static and
> dynamic. This plugin allows your to easily use them on your site.
> ====================================
>
> This may eliminate the need to convert the svg files to bitmap files.
>
> If you do need to convert the svg files to bitmap files, there are online
> converters that will do the job such as the one at
> http://www.fileformat.info/convert/image/svg2raster.htm.
>
> If you prefer to make the conversion locally, there are at least two ways
> to do it. One is probably more accessible than the other.
>
> Perhaps the easiest way is to download and install InkScape, which is a
> free SVG drawing program. While InkScape is probably not accessible to a
> blind person for drawing, it may be accessible for file conversion. Simply
>
> 1. Open the svg file in InkScape
> 2. Pull down the File menu
> 3. Select SaveAs
> 4. Navigate to the "Save as type" list box
> 5. Select "Cairo PNG (*.png)"
> 6. Navigate to the "File name" box and enter the file name. (Note that
> there is also a "Save in" box that allows you to specify the folder in
> which to save the file.)
> 7. Press the Save button
>
> The other way is to open the svg file in Firefox, IE9, or Google Chrome.
> Then take a screen shot and crop it using any of many available free image
> processing programs. The need to crop the image probably makes it
> impossible for a blind person to use this approach.
>
> Dick Baldwin
>
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Richard Baldwin <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Sarah,
>>
>> I can help with some of the questions regarding SVGDraw and SVG
>> conversions. However, it will be helpful if you can describe your level of
>> vision so that I will know what tools you may be able to use without
>> assistance.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dick Baldwin
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I cannot really answer all your questions.
>>>
>>> Regarding LaTeX I know wordpress can handle it, not sure how it handles
>>> it or if the way it handle it depends on the specific blog settings, some
>>> wiki tools like instiki does have different options. It may be worth
>>> looking into your blog settings, probably at settings for mark up used.
>>>
>>> As for the SVG, not sure whether wordpress or the voice can deal with
>>> those natively but if they cannot I am sure there are conversion tools out
>>> there. I probably could name some possible tools which could do that on
>>> Linux but I am not sure about tools for windows.
>>>
>>> Michael Whapples
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Jevnikar
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:56 AM
>>> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
>>> Subject: [Blindmath] Putting SVGDraw images, vOICe audio,and LaTeX
>>> content in Wordpress: Am I asking the impossible?
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I write with a sense of foreboding, but feel I should pursue my question
>>> anyway, even if I may be in over my head. I'll explain my end-goal and
>>> see
>>> if you think it possible.
>>>
>>> I have a Wordpress blog, and I'd like to post textbook summary notes and
>>> images to it if possible, but I'm not sure how to make this happen. The
>>> notes themselves would be in LaTeX, and I'd like to create the images in
>>> SVGDraw, though I'm not sure how to get them into a format such as jpg,
>>> png,
>>> etc. For easy uploading. I'm not sure how the LaTeX would be handled
>>> either,
>>> come to think of it.
>>>
>>> As an added accessibility feature, and to help myself out, I'd also like
>>> to
>>> have vOICe soundscapes uploaded, using Dropbox. Is there a way of opening
>>> SVGDraw-created files in the vOICe? Is there a way to save these
>>> soundscapes
>>> as mp3 or wav files?
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for any help you can provide.
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
>> Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
>> http://www.DickBaldwin.com
>>
>> Professor of Computer Information Technology
>> Austin Community College
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>
>
> --
> Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
> Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
> http://www.DickBaldwin.com
>
> Professor of Computer Information Technology
> Austin Community College
> (512) 223-4758
> mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
> http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
>

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http://www.DickBaldwin.com

Professor of Computer Information Technology
Austin Community College
(512) 223-4758
mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/