[Blindmath] Write maths whithout braille

[Sabra Ewing]

I am not that good with it, but I would say the math part. Get all of the math done, compile it, and then add what you need if you were doing a word problem or something like that. Cited professors use it as well, and I think it just takes a long time to prepare the files. Once you have prepared notes if you are teaching the same courses, you can just reuse the notes again. Also keep the source files if you want to modify them or in case you get a blind student in your course who can't read the PDF. I think if you have a SmartBoard, you can get examples prepared ahead of time and show them on there. 

Sabra Ewing

> On Dec 14, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Mathieu Barbe via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill and others,
> 
> thank you for your advices.
> 
> 
> The level of math that I'm going to use is relatively high.
> 
> 
> I think plain text is not enough for me!
> 
> 
> How you write LaTeX?
> Do you write whole document in LaTeX or just the section containing math?
> 
> How you convert LaTeX math in mathML or an others accessible document?
> 
> thank you for your precious help
> 
> Regards, Mathieu
> 
> 
> 
>> Le 09/12/2016 à 15:33, Bill Dengler a écrit :
>> 
>> Depending on the level of math you want to write and how necessary it is for sighted people to be able to read your work, there are a few ways:
>> What I call “calculator notation”: write your math, line-by-line, using the symbols of a standard scientific calculator in a plain-text editor or word processor. Use + for addition, - for subtraction, * for multiplication, / for division, ^ for exponentiation, and standard brackets, braces and parentheses. Write fractions with parentheses around the numerator and denominator and a / for the fraction line. Write sqrt for square root, 3rt for cube root, nrt for nth root.
>> You can invent any other symbols you need; use scientific calculator conventions as a guide.
>> This method works for scratch work and lower level math, but begins to break down around pre-calculus.
>> If the level of math is complex or readability by the sighted is important, use LaTeX. Not only can it be easily converted to PDF or Math ML, it is far less ambiguous than calculator notation; all symbols are clearly defined.
>> 
>> Bill
>>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Mathieu Barbe via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folk,
>>> I'm a new French user on this list.
>>> I am a visually impaired person and a future student.
>>> 
>>> I looking for a solution to read and write math without braille, I would like to use only sound feedback to read and my keyboard to write.
>>> 
>>> currently, I only found solution to read maths write in mathML language.
>>> I use internet explorer, mathplayer and Nvda.
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to read directly math in microsoft word?
>>> 
>>> Do you have any tips to write math?
>>> LaTeX, MathType or or others?
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>> regards, Mathieu
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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