[Blindmath] reading latex

[George Bell]

The source would be good.  We initially had a student at a famous Scottish University who simply brought the latex files in the Duxbury braille translator.  Since then, many others have followed and obtained their degrees.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tim in 't Veld via Blindmath
Sent: 31 August 2014 14:57
To: Sofia Gallo; Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] reading latex

Hi Sofia,
You cannot read the PDF files, text will be proecessed fine but most formulae would be unreadable.
So you should ask the professor to provide you the lateX source. That is usually readable, unless the document is contains unusual amounts of formatting.
Learning to write lateX is a bit involved but reading it shouldn't be that hard particularly if you performed mathematical operations by computer before.

Tim
On 31-8-2014 15:49, Sofia Gallo via Blindmath wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have to take a statistics class in college, and my professor says he 
> writes all the documents he uses in class using latex and converts 
> them to PDF.
>
> Can I read these PDF files using Jaws or Braille? Or is there another 
> tool I can get that would allow me to read these files either with 
> Jaws or Braille?
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Sofia
>
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