[Blindmath] Computational software

[Ben Humphreys]

Hi John,

I had good luck with maxima when I was taking calc.

The trick as I recall was setting pretty print to 2d so the exponents 
and everything appear on the same line.

This was the text mode client.

Ben

At 05:18 PM 3/10/2016, you wrote:
>Hello listers, may I request your expertise on computational math 
>applications. I am told that MatLab is reasonably accessible in 
>command line mode. Can you recommend other numerical computation 
>software that is powerful, accessible, and less expensive than 
>MatLab? Secondly I would appreciate recommendations for symbolic 
>solution applications such as Maple and Mathematica. I have used 
>both of these and found Maple in particular to be quite accessible 
>in command line mode. But I have not done such work in many years 
>and fear that their accessibility is not as good now.
>
>I am asking because Summer University presenters want to have 
>workshops on both types of math application, but none of us is a 
>real expert on these apps. FYI Summer University is a workshop 
>associated with the ICCHP conference held in July in Linz, Austria. 
>It is intended to teach blind students and professionals working 
>with blind students about modern techniques for accessing STEM. If 
>you can afford a trip to Austria, anyone in either of these 
>categories is welcome to apply. Information on Summer University  is 
>linked from the ICCP web site http://icchp.org
>
>Thanks for any help you can throw my way.
>
>John Gardner
>
>
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