[Blindmath] Writing Math

[sabra1023]

 I would be interested in joining the beta test. Do I have to buy anything? If so, how much is it.

> On Oct 6, 2013, at 10:36 PM, "John Gardner" <gardnerj at onid.orst.edu> wrote:
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> This list has been amazingly fertile lately with information about new and
> ever better technologies for reading math.  Michael, do I understand that
> one can input Nemeth into Safari as well as output it?  That would be pretty
> amazing.
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> This is a good time to bring you all up to date on LEAN Math.  I just posted
> a new beta version and hope to have a final release before end of 2013.
> LEAN is a general interface to math for use with audio or braille screen
> readers.  It was developed to provide a convenient way to write and
> manipulate math, not just read it.  In principle LEAN is useful for any
> authoring system that can input and output MathML. Version 1 is an interface
> to MS Word+MathType.  I went that route because it is the most popular
> scientific authoring application in the world.  
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> LEAN should be very intuitive.  Function keys act as pull-down menus for
> math symbols and expressions.  There are also hot keys for most popular
> items such as inserting a fraction or a square root, or a table, an
> integral, a differential, etc.  These are inserted from the Function Key
> menus or hot keys, and place markers indicate where you are to insert - ie
> the numerator and denominator of that fraction, etc.  LEAN was developed to
> be extremely convenient for people using speech, but it works in braille
> too.
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> If you'd like to join the beta test, send me a note.
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