[Blindmath] Write maths whithout braille

[Neil Soiffer]

You can use Word+NVDA+MathPlayer+MathType to author and read math if you
are willing to learn the math component of LaTeX. If you already have a
document with math in it, then the above combination will work for *reading
*and navigating the math by speech. If you want to author math, then in
Word you can type in some LaTeX between $ $ and use MathType to convert
that into MathType math (so it looks nice), which can then be spoken and
navigated. Given that it is easy to make a mistake in LaTeX, hearing the
math gives you a way to know that you have typed it correctly. If you
didn't, then you covert it back into LaTeX and edit it and listen again.

FYI: changing between LaTeX and vice-versa is done with "Toggle TeX" which
has the keyboard shortcut alt+\. As the name "Toggle" implies, alt+\ will
also change the MathType equation back to TeX.

Here is a concrete example, if you want to write "the integral from 0 to 10
of x times e to the negative 2x power, d x", you would type into Word:
$\int_0^{10} x e^{-2 x} dx$ alt+\

Press left arrow to move before the math to make NVDA read the math to you.
If you made a mistake, type alt+\ and move right to edit the LaTeX.

FYI: when I initially typed the example, I made a common TeX error of not
putting the "10" inside of {}s. Be careful to add braces to any subscript
or superscript that is more than one character.

Neil Soiffer


On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Bill Dengler via Blindmath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> LaTeX is a file format.
> You write the entire document in LaTex, math expressions that appear
> inline are surrounded by dollar signs.
> See the following LaTeX tutorial: https://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX <
> https://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX>
>
> Bill
> > On Dec 14, 2016, at 3:40 PM, 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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