[Blindmath] Reading LaTeX source

[Ken Perry]

Are you guys thinking of making a library that people can package with a
device so they don't have to be on line.  It could still use html or js or
anything just so it's off line.  Failing that are you thinking of having a
rest client for people who need this in their applications and don't mind
being on line.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Godfrey,
Jonathan via Blindmath
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 5:34 PM
To: Bill Dengler (Windows 7 on Retina macBook Pro); Blind Math list for
those interested in mathematics
Subject: [Blindmath] Reading LaTeX source

Hello all,

Bill's message about reading LaTeX or versions of it come up fairly
regularly on this list.

Last year, I asked who would be interested in helping me do something about
the problem and I received a couple of offers of assistance. I wanted to
convert LaTeX source into much more readable HTML. I wanted a solution that
was useful by anyone, not just the geeks out there. Tim Arnold came up with
a solution that was more expansive than I had imagined. He wanted a web
interface available to all whereas my focus was on the needs of blind
individuals. Being a webpage, the solution is not restricted to anyone so is
available to Disability Support Service staff and sighted academics as well.

Ultimately, I encouraged Tim to go with his proposal and have helped test
his developments over the last six months or so. My usefulness as his sole
tester has run its course and we now need more users to try out the
conversion tool that he has created.

Bill and others should Go to
http://convertlatex.com/
where you can upload a tex file and have it converted to HTML with equations
in three different formats: plain MathML, using MathJax, and graphics with
alt tags that are the mathematical expressions written out in the original
LaTeX.

I'm very happy receiving the feedback to your experimentation (off-list is
probably preferred) and you can also contact Tim from the web page itself.

We do know of some limitations. Processing bibtex references for example and
handling graphics. A shopping list of our needs is already in existence and
the want list is there too. I wanted to know exactly what was written out as
the mathematical expressions while others will want to use MathPlayer, but
is there another representation that people would like?

Please, if you do nothing else, look at the page and give thanks to someone
that has used his time and energy to help our community.

Thank you Tim for your efforts,
Jonathan

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