[Blindmath] Writing Math

[John Gardner]

Hi, if you have a Windows computer, MS Word, MathType, and a screen reader,
you are ready to go.  LEAN is not released yet of course, but ViewPlus will
give free licenses to blind individual users.

John G


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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of sabra1023
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 3:17 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
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Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Writing Math

 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:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> If you'd like to join the beta test, send me a note.
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