[Blindmath] Math Computer Program

Sat Mar 1 18:23:36 UTC 2014

Amanda,

I share your aversion! I understand why so much development happens for 
Windows first, but I also look forward to the time they become available 
on other platforms. I'm a Linux user now and have finally gotten an 
iPad. I plan to get back to school at some point, when I can get what I 
consider the right accessibility package. If I need to get a Windows 
computer to run the software and hardware, then it won't kill me. It 
will just make me grumble. /smile/ I'll be one of those post-50 women 
finally getting back to the math degree, so it will be a vanity degree 
without involving VR or more disability services than I can avoid! I 
think for younger students with a career in view as a result of their 
degree, it's a whole different ballgame. Things are really coming along 
and branching out beyond Windows, but for those who use Mac or Linux, it 
must be frustrating.

Tami

On 03/01/2014 09:30 AM, Amanda Lacy wrote:
> And not all of us use Micro$oft Word. One of the main things they taught
> me in community college it NOT to use Office. They required me to take
> two classes in which the primary focus was learning the Office 2007
> suite. The book was full of pictures and screen shots, and the teachers
> presented it in a way that was impossible for me to understand and I can
> learn just about anything. So I've developed a fear (what would you call
> a phobia of Office?). I cannot possibly be the only blind student on
> this list with an aversion to this software.
>
> On 3/1/2014 11:05 AM, Andy B. wrote:
>> Sounds complicated. I would want something that just lets me solve
>> problems.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John
>> Gardner
>> Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2014 11:57 AM
>> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Math Computer Program
>>
>> Hi, I will soon be releasing the final beta version of LEAN Math.  If
>> you'd
>> like to join the beta list, you are welcome to do so.  Just send me an
>> e-mail requesting it.
>>
>> LEAN Math will soon become a commercial product from ViewPlus, but it
>> will
>> basically be free.  ViewPlus will sell it to companies and agencies along
>> with a support and training package, but blind individuals can get it
>> free
>> without support.  I hope that this list will become a LEAN support center
>> for blind people.  I'll be doing what I can personally to answer
>> questions
>> and provide guidance.
>>
>> LEAN Math is an editor and interface to applications that accept MathML.
>> The first edition is as an interface to MathType in MS Word.  So if
>> you have
>> MS Office and MathType, for you it is free.  And you will have a nice
>> way to
>> read and write standard scientific documents in MS Word.
>>
>> I have designed LEAN Math to work as efficiently as possible with audio
>> feedback, and it works with any screen reader.  It also shows several
>> kinds
>> of braille (including Nemeth), though presently you cannot compose the
>> equation by typing braille.  There are also lots of functions supporting
>> equation manipulation permitting one to solve algebraic equations
>> almost as
>> easily as sighted people can do with a pencil.
>>
>> LEAN Math comes with two apps that install short cuts on your
>> desktop.  One
>> is the LEAN Editor.  You must have a Word file open.  If the cursor is
>> on a
>> MathType equation when LEAN_Edit is opened, it opens in that editor.
>> Otherwise the editor opens with a blank equation.  It takes an hour or
>> so to
>> read through the documentation that is within the editor to learn how to
>> read and write equations, then you just do it.  When you've finished
>> composing an equation, press CTRL+s to save it, and presto you have a
>> MathType equation with alt text, something readable by sighted or blind
>> people.
>>
>> The other app is LEAN_In, an app that will insert alt text in MathType
>> equations that can be read by any screen reader.  Alt text can be
>> words or
>> braille.
>>
>> John Gardner
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elise
>> Berkley
>> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 4:01 AM
>> To: BlindMath
>> Subject: [Blindmath] Math Computer Program
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello, everyone.  I am a new subscriber and I love this list already.
>>
>>
>> I am a new math student in college (even though I am 49 years old).  I
>> have
>> been totally blind for 19 years so I still have visuals of numbers,
>> etc.  I
>> have Jaws on my laptop and we all know it does not work that well with
>> numbers.  I am looking for a software that will work to speak math
>> better to
>> me because I am a math major and have a long way to go.  I can't afford
>> anything too expensive.  Thanks for your help and, again, I have
>> learned new
>> things from all of you already.  Elise Berkley
>>
>>
>> Elise Berkley
>>
>> "The joy of the Lord is my strength."
>>
>>
>>
>>
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