[Blindmath] math type accessibility with jaws screen reader,

[tolga karatas]

Lewis,

Will I need to install NVDA in this case? how can I download NVDA please?

Regards,

Tolga.

On 25/02/2017, tolga karatas <tolga.karatas2014 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lewis,
>
> Many thanks for your message.
>
> Will I need in this case need to download the NVDA screen reader?
> because I currently have jaws 17.0.2727 installed on my laptop.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tolga.
>
> On 25/02/2017, Louis Maher <ljmaher at swbell.net> wrote:
>> Hello Tolga,
>>
>> If you are willing to learn LaTex, MathType is accessible for the blind
>> with
>> JAWS.  Here is a message I received from Neil Soiffer (I do not have a
>> current e-mail address for Neil).  Note that while he talks about NVDA,
>> MathTypes works well in JAWS.
>>
>> I do not think you need MathPlayer in JAWS.
>> -----
>> "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
>> convert 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
>> Use insert equations to start entering an equation.
>>
>> -----
>>
>> If you are on the image of an equation, you type alt+backslash and the
>> equation will be converted to LaTex, and you can read and change it.
>>
>> I have attached an example file to try this.
>>
>>
>> I am just beginning to learn this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Louis Maher
>> Phone: 713-444-7838
>> E-mail: ljmaher at swbell.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of tolga
>> karatas via Blindmath
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 4:45 PM
>> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: tolga karatas <tolga.karatas2014 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Blindmath] math type accessibility with jaws screen reader,
>>
>> Dear Sir/madam,
>>
>> I am a visually impaired studying a  degree in BSC Business Information
>> technology:
>>
>> I would like to use Math Type with a screen reader called Jaws, but jaws
>> isn't user friendly with math type due to LaTEX not being user friendly
>> either, how can I over come this challenge please? I really want to use
>> math
>> type with Jaws Screen reader, however, the accessibility is not their.
>>
>> Can someone advise me as to how I can solve this problem/challenge
>> please?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yours Faithfully,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tolga Karatas
>>
>> I am a blind student studying BSC Business Information Technology.
>>
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