[Blindmath] LaTeX

[Ian C. Bray]

Normally, Susan, I might wholeheartedly agree, but
having just completed Grade 1 & Grade 2 Braille, and continuing on to 
Nemeth,  and I learned my math SIGHTED... I have to disagree...  I mean, the 
math is the same, but I have little access to it.

Ian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jolly" <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:49 PM
Subject: [Blindmath] LaTeX


> Hi Jamal and others,
>
> I'd like to point out that Nemeth braille is a domain specific language
> (DSL) for reading and writing math and technical text in a compact and
> consistent form.  One advantage of Nemeth is that there is generally only
> one correct way to write a specific item whereas that is not the case for
> LaTeX or MathML or the myriad of other linear systems for technical
> material.
>
> There have been numerous different flavors and subsets of TeX and LaTeX
> since the release of TeX 35 years ago.  Persons wishing to use LaTeX 
> already
> have too many options; I would not be in favor of developing yet another
> one.  Moreover, it seems highly unlikely that there could ever be a
> one-size-fits-all method  for braille users who find it necessary and/or
> preferable to publish documents for print users rather than to outsource
> this function.
>
> By the way, modern parser generators such as ANTLR are designed to make it
> straightforward to build in thorough checking for syntax errors just as is
> typically provided by computer language compilers.  So I don't see any
> technical reason why it isn't possible to use parser technology to
> accurately interpret Nemeth braille automatically.
>
> Sincerely,
> Susan Jolly
>
>
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