[Blindmath] Math Computer Program

Sat Mar 1 18:29:53 UTC 2014

I'm using Windows, but I don't have Office installed. I use either very 
simple things like wordpad or accessible editors like EdSharp which 
don't create their own special file formats that require you to have the 
software in order to read the file!
On 3/1/2014 12:23 PM, Tami Jarvis wrote:
> 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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