[Blindmath] Accessing PDF

Sun Feb 15 21:14:57 UTC 2015

Hi,

I thought Course Smart looked like a great solution. I am glad to hear that you had success with math titles. I accessed a text for an intermediate finance course, and the math was not accessible with JAWS, so far as I could tell. And it was relatively basic algebra. Did you need to do something special to get the math to read? Or did I just happen upon a book that isn't fully accessible? My correspondences with the customer service folks seemed to indicate that as far as math goes, there is no promise of accessibility. Interested to learn more because if the math issue could be overcome it would be a great resource.

Sean

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Martin via Blindmath
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:41 PM
To: 'Dzhovani'; 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Accessing PDF

Hello,
I worked for AMAC accessible solutions part-time when I was working on my Master's at Georgia Tech.  Now that I am a PhD student, I only work as a graduate assistant.  We did the initial accessibility work for Pearson and Course Smart then.  I don't know why this is not advertised more, but it is a phenomenal source for course textbooks.  I just hope that it is accessible from a European server.  I know two years ago, it was only accessible in the US.
I use it just to look up topics in my research area and things that I am just interested in.  Most of all, I get to preview books that I may have to gain access to for my actual research.  Having access to the full content has saved me and the school a lot of time and money on book conversions. 
   through Course Smart.  You can actually rent access to the book for the exact same amount that sighted students would pay.   Get your school to get an account an you can read the book with any screen reader and the Mathematics will be read correctly.  I have used it to access a number of books this way.

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dzhovani via Blindmath
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 11:34 AM
To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Accessing PDF

Hi,
  Thanks for the response. I'lll try both approaches.
  The textbook is:
Introduction to mathematical statistics
 Robert V. Hogg, Joseph W. McKean, Allen T. Craig.
7th ed. p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-321-79543-4
Copyright 2013, 2005, 1995 Pearson Education, Inc.
Dzhovani
On 15.2.2015 г. 17:58 ч., Alastair Irving via Blindmath wrote:
> Hi
>
> Firstly, you should try to get a copy of the book in a different 
> format.  There's a significant chance it was written in LaTeX 
> originally.  As well as contacting the publishers you should also try 
> to contact the author, in my experience author's are often more 
> helpful.  Incidentally, which book is it you're wanting?
>
> Secondly, if you fail to obtain an alternate format your best option 
> is probably to do OCR on the book using InftyReader.  This is the only 
> package I know of which is capable of coping with mathematical 
> content.  It can produce output in LaTeX or HTML.  The results will be 
> far from perfect, with a lot of mistakes, but in my experience they're 
> usually readable.
>
> HTH
>
> Alastair
>
>
>
> On 15/02/2015 04:58, Dzhovani via Blindmath wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>    I need some ideas how to read a pdf textbook in mathematics. This 
>> semester I'm taking mathematical statistics course. When the 
>> university administration contacted the publisher of the course 
>> textbook for an accessible copy, they provided us with a .pdf version of the book.
>>    Personally, I don't find pdf-s very accessible, so I'm looking for 
>> ways to change the situation and will be grateful for any help. Is it 
>> possible to convert the book in html with embeded LaTeX equations, or 
>> I shall ask for the textbook in another format, or there is some 
>> other way?
>> Notes:
>> First, I have some experience with LaTeX, though I am still a beginner.
>> Second, the university is in Bulgaria, and subsequently does not have 
>> disability office. It results in staff that is very willing to help 
>> but often unknowing how to do that.
>> Third, braille display is an option that I would prefer to consider 
>> only if I don't have any other.
>> TIA,
>> Dzhovani
>>
>>
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