[Blindmath] mathematica accessibility

[Theodor Loots]

Dear All,

I make use of Mathematica quite frequently, but without the gui; which isn't
accessible at all.  So yes, as many have pointed out, write up your code in
a text editor, and run the code on the commandline.  I prefer to set some
settings that saves the generated output in LaTeX form, which is easy to
follow and include in documents that may result from the computations.

Best,
t

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John G.
Heim via Blindmath
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2016 6:43 PM
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Cc: John G. Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] mathematica accessibility

I manage the research servers for the University Of Wisconsin Department of
Mathematics. I have never had a request for mathematica but a lot of people
use the open-source alternative, sage.  If mathematica is not accessible,
maybe you can get your instructor to let you use sage instead.


Around here, there is a mixture of instructors who feel it is their duty to
have the students use free, open-source tools if possible and those who
don't want to be bothered with it. There are some instructors who would leap
at a chance to start using sage instead of something each student has to
purchase and others who would refuse to fiddle with it.





On 09/18/2016 12:17 PM, Daniel Gillen via Blindmath wrote:
> as a college physics major, there were several times that I've had to use
Mathematica instead of MATLAB (my preferred computational language). I find
that both programs are only somewhat accessible when run into man-line mode.
I'm not exactly sure how you run Mathematica on the commandline. However,
The GUI (Graphical user interface) editors in both applications are
completely inaccessible as of this time. I have just found that when
creating code using either scripting/programming language, it was most
convenient for me to edit the file in Notepad, and then run/test it on the
command line. hopefully this is helpful info.
>
> Thank you,
> Daniel
>
> sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 18, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Vincenzo Rubano via Blindmath
<blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> as anyone ever had to deal with Mathematica? If so, how is it in terms of
accessibility?
>>
>> https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/ 
>> <https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help
>>
>> Vincenzo.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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